This is a live example of a site built with crofty: you write Markdown, crofty renders a plain static site and deploys it to a domain and accounts you control. No platform in the middle, nothing to lock you in — and you can walk away to plain Hugo whenever you like.
The posts below are just Markdown files in a folder. That’s the whole site.
Writing
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Why I left the timeline
I stopped writing for the timeline because it rewarded the wrong things in me.
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Plain text outlasts
Plain text is the one format I trust to still open long after the apps are gone.
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A domain of one's own
A domain you control is the closest thing the web has to a permanent address.
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Notes toward a slower web
The web feels better when a page is allowed to be quiet and to load fast.
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The blogroll returns
A blogroll is how we found each other before the feed decided for us.
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Backups are a love letter to your future self
A backup is a small kindness you do now for the version of you who will need it.