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> If you're setting up your own server, installing nginx, configuring PHP, and doing automated load testing, maybe you should also consider rolling your own software

This is actually very easy to do. I just did it. Maybe 1000 lines of code for everything, with proper caching and templating thrown in. The most difficult parts of a blog are the comments and search. If you use something like Disqus for comments and Google Custom Search for search, things become very easy to manage.



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