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0 pointsparadite8y ago0 comments

> WordPress relies on countless server- and client-side dependencies

Which you have access to the source code and ability to choose when to upgrade.

Compare that to GitHub, Glitch and IFTTT, which:

- Also have countless dependencies, but not just in the source code, in their service architecture as well

- You do not have access to source code

- Can make your blog offline when they experience service disruption

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btgeekboy8y ago

The only step in that chain that can take your blog offline for visitors is GitHub pages. The cool thing about static sites is they're really easy to replicate to a second provider. Or a 3rd, 4th, nth...

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