That’s right… this is my first post. I’m trying things out. Kicking the tyres. I had a blog once on Blogger (acquired and rebadged as Blogspot by google) but, that long since sunset so I’m trying my own WordPress platform (a Bitnami distro on AWS to be exact).
I thought about Bluehost (I hosted the A Game Of Two Halves podcast there with a former colleague from 2005-2013) and they offer a tremendous deal at the moment:
However, when you’re wanting to do more with AWS from a development perspective (spin up POC envs) then opting for AWS LightSail seems like a logical choice. It’s going to cost around $8-10/mo (unless I’ve miscalculated 🤪) but, for that I get a bare specs (slightly down on the specs offered by Linode admittedly).
Here’s what I get for my dosh:
Lightsail specialises in bootstrapping your blog very quickly (another one of my criteria) but, all the hosting platforms, cloud or otherwise have similar ‘one-click’ features to do just that.
I of course, hardened WordPress to ensure only https access and to block directory listings and some other basic security hygiene. I’m definitely at the foot of a mountain though, lots more to learn and customise. I think all up though, I’m about 8hrs into this blogging journey and I feel like I’ve come a long way.
I hope to post more on general tech, IT news, any development I can share. I’ll keep the politics to a minimum!