09. October 2013

wintersmith -- So far, so good

After a very short period running Orchard for my blog, I decided to reverse course and try out wintersmith instead.

Orchard seemed like a natural fit for me when I started out. Open source, free, .NET-based, and installed with one click from Azure’s dashboard. I figured I’d spend some time with it, tweak it a bit, make it my own… But then, I didn’t. I had zero desire to play with it. For my needs, it was far too heavyweight, like peeling a potato with a sword.

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08. October 2013

A few thoughts on Firebase

Firebase is a beautiful thing. Real-time updates? AngularJS bindings? No need for a database of your own? It’s a compelling offering. When it comes to actually using it, though… it’s complicated.

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