Some Blog Changes
January 24, 2010, 11:42am0 comments
So, I'm making some changes to my blog. The first change is switching from rackspace cloud sites to a linode VPS. My personal experience with rackspace cloud was not the best. It went down more often than I would've expected and I had ongoing security issues involving their ftp access. I also felt the need for more control over my environment which I simply wasn't going to get with shared hosting. So far linode has been wonderful and I hope it stays that way.
The second, more obvious change is that I am using a blog engine I have been developing in my spare time. The project is called foresmo and still has a ways to go, but I'm enjoying it so far. Why create yet another blog engine? Well, a couple reasons. First and foremost, many of the popular blogging engines out there have awful codebases and although they may be easily extended with plugins, working with the core is just a nightmare. There are some shining lights out there, such as Habari, however I personally feel the admin UI is too minimalistic. I also simply enjoy working on it as a real blogging engine has some interesting problems and I like solving them. I am building foresmo on top of the SolarPHP framework, which I must admit I am a fan of. It is definitely making things easier for the project. Being able to provide database abstraction, caching adapters, and better searching (using google, sphinx, lucene, or fulltext) straight out of the box are some of things I am aiming to provide and SolarPHP helps me do that.
Anyways, I'm sure this blog will see the effects of the ongoing development, so I apologize in advance for any weirdness you may encounter.
Tags: Foresmo