Ask HN: fast and easy way to set up a personal website with blog

[wbsun]

I am planning to set up a personal or family website, with domain name, virtual host, blogs and just very simple webpages.

I don't want to spend much time on the setup and maintenance, no fancy or latest techs needed. What's the fast and easy way? It is better a whole package with all things needed. But it must be a host I can manage, not a third-party one like Blogspot.

My current plan is Linode+GoDaddy+Wordpress. Any ideas and suggestions?

[pastylegs]

I wouldn't use Linode. Not that I don't love Linode but for a simply family blog it's total overkill. I use DigitalOcean for a couple of smaller sites and have no problem with them (and costs $6/month as opposed to $20/month with Linode).

I also use Jekyll which is a static blog generator. I use Bitbucket to directly edit the pages and posts on my blog and when I commit a change my blog is automatically regenerated via service hooks. That might be a bit more setup than you want but it works nicely and is easy to maintain.

[elij]

https://posthaven.com/

[hashtag]

Switch Godaddy out for another registrar and it sounds like a plan (personal opinion). Linode is good, I use them too, but might be overkill for what you need unless you already have active hosting with them.

[danielforsyth]

I'm using https://ghost.org/ and its been great so far.

[ecolner]

Dunno Linode, but Digital Ocean makes sense for these requirements.

[spraveenitpro]

Linode+GoDaddy+Wordpress is a Good Choice.