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ingavyesterday at 1:57 PM6 repliesview on HN

I’m using “fully owned” more in the sense of control rather than infrastructure ownership. The content lives locally, it’s versioned in Git, and everything’s built with open tools. I can move it to another host any time without being locked into a specific platform or format.

I agree it’s not “self-hosted”. But compared to a closed CMS or paid platform, it feels meaningfully more in my hands.


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Minor49eryesterday at 2:08 PM

In that sense, everything is "fully owned" and the phrase is meaningless. But in the context of the summary where you're using it, it certainly sounds like you are claiming ownership on the infrastructure

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NelsonMinaryesterday at 4:09 PM

You're getting a lot of pushback but I agree with the sentiment of fully owned. Sure, the git repo and static files are hosted elsewhere for now. But you can easily switch that place any time. Meanwhile all the important stuff: the post data, the code to format them, the domain name, the process itself. That's all in your complete ownership and control. It's a very different bargain than, say, hosting things at wordpress dot com.

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dietr1chyesterday at 2:46 PM

I'd go for fully static, which can be served everywhere.

I think blogs should be built like this to make preservation easier. I'd love to have something that make content domain agnostic, more like git that allows cloning and distributing content without forcing people to guess when to pull and archive if they want to keep track of things.

zoezoezoezoeyesterday at 2:09 PM

I see, I do agree it is nice to have your data fully owned (like really) and safe on device (or devices), though, sometimes it doesnt feel like enough in the ever changing landscape of the internet.

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6stringmercyesterday at 3:32 PM

But if they kill your access to those accounts do you have a method to force them to let you back in to get “your” content? Serious question as I self-publish and use a distribution service for my music but I stop short of your claim. I’m an independent rights holder. I don’t own the platforms upon which I choose to distribute my work - terminology does matter and, well, you’re claiming something basically untrue because it sounds cool…that’s my impression.

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