How I created my blog with Gatsby, Netlify, and Plausible.

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Plausible.io Landing Page
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Plausible.io

Plausible Analytics is a simple, open-source, lightweight (< 1 KB) and privacy-friendly web analytics alternative to Google Analytics. Made and hosted in the EU, powered by European-owned cloud infrastructure 🇪🇺
Pricing:
- Open Source
- Paid
- Free Trial
- $9.0 / Monthly (10,000 pageviews)
After some research, I found Plausible. It provides simple analytics with some easy-to-understand dashboards. Also, at least from my point of view, it has some important advantages:.

#Web Analytics #Analytics #Privacy 186 social mentions
GitHub Pages Landing Page
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GitHub Pages

A free, static web host for open-source projects on GitHub
Pricing:
- Open Source
Once we have the content for our blog, we need to host it somewhere. I had experience with Github pages for hosting some pages before, but I decided to try Netlify and I finally chose it. It provides some advantages:.

#Static Site Generators #Cloud Computing #Blogging 466 social mentions
Medium Landing Page
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Medium

Welcome to Medium, a place to read, write, and interact with the stories that matter most to you.
Pricing:
- Open Source
I was not sure about owning a domain name or publishing content on sites like Medium, Dev.to or Hashnode. After some research, I decided to publish on my own domain. It brings some benefits:.

#Blogging #Blogging Platform #CMS 2187 social mentions
Hashnode Landing Page

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Hashnode

A friendly and inclusive Q&A network for coders

I was not sure about owning a domain name or publishing content on sites like Medium, Dev.to or Hashnode. After some research, I decided to publish on my own domain. It brings some benefits:.

#Web App #Social Media Tools #Software Engineering 120 social mentions
Hugo Landing Page
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Hugo

Hugo is a general-purpose website framework for generating static web pages.
Pricing:
- Open Source
I’m not experienced in Gatsby at all, making this blog was my first experience with this framework. After being checked some other tools like Hugo that also met my requirements, I decided to give Gatsby a try, as I'm more familiar with its ecosystem.

#Static Site Generators #Blogging #Blogging Platform 353 social mentions
React Helmet Landing Page

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React Helmet

A document head manager for React. Contribute to nfl/react-helmet development by creating an account on GitHub.

React Helmet package: it adds metadata into the web page, which is very important for SEO.

#Development Tools #Developer Tools #Design Tools 15 social mentions
DEV.to Landing Page

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DEV.to

Where software engineers connect, build their resumes, and grow.

I was not sure about owning a domain name or publishing content on sites like Medium, Dev.to or Hashnode. After some research, I decided to publish on my own domain. It brings some benefits:.

#CMS #Blogging #Blogging Platform 382 social mentions