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Setting up a self-hosted Ghost blog in 2021

A lot has changed since I set up this blog back in 2017. Now, DigitalOcean has created a way to get started much faster and with less hassle. See how I did it manually back then at http://blog.wafrat.com/setting-up-the-blog/. This blog post replaces the whole section entitled

People actually read this blog?

I integrated Google Analytics as an afterthought when setting up this blog. For the first time since I started writing, I checked out the dashboard. I expected a few page views—my own. It turns out, people actually read this stuff! My reaction I honestly never expected anyone to read

Setting up the blog

Which blogging platform to choose? Choices I could have picked: * a free hosted solution like Medium or Blogger * a paid solution like WordPress.com or Squarespace * a self-hosted solution using an open-source project like WordPress, Drupal, Joomla A quick search shows that WordPress is the dominant blogging platform today. Not