Post by @fasnix
I spent several hours this morning trying to make my website look and feel somewhat close to something that I can be happy with. I'm not thrilled with the results, but it's good enough to stop for the day.
I hate working with WordPress 😒
I can't wait to try my hand at running my own #littleFedi instance instead! (Praying to the deer gods that I can figure out how to do that 🙏)
@fasnix WordPress doesn't require me to host or install anything. I'm adept with Markdown and I have some HTML knowledge, but that's about as far as my programming skills go. Before littleFedi, I hadn't found any software that really motivated me to try hosting myself.
I love littleFedi. It's like what I would have designed if I wrote code. Exactly the kind of short-form dynamic social media and long-form static blogging that I've cobbled together with various Fedi clients and WordPress, in one place. The only thing that could possibly make littleFedi better is if I could install it like I would an app on my phone: download, click install, and I'm good to start setting up my instance for use just like that.
As it is, I know it's not going to be that straightforward. I may spend many more hours figuring out how to install and run and maintain my own instance.
#littleFedi seems worth that trouble to me in a way that no other Fedi/blog software has up to now.
@pluvialgeist
Ok, understood.
Let's hope that littlefedi will be able to replace WordPress for you.