I found out about Micro.blog platform thanks to Jeff Triplett a few months ago and I even decided to give it a try, but to be honest, having already a main blog, made with Hugo, which is hosted for free on GitHub Pages, I couldn’t really justify spending another $5/month for a micro blogging platform.

Micro.one

Then Manton Reece (the creator of Micro.blog) announced (actually he didn’t do it officially when I discovered it, but I found out anyway!) a new plan: Micro.one

For just $1/month (or $10/year if you switch to the annual plan!) I can have my micro blog hosted, with custom domain support, I can post text, photos and even podcasts!

What is Micro.blog?

Micro.blog (and Micro.one too) is an hosting solution for static blogs. The user selects a template, creates the content and the platform uses Hugo to create the pages which are then published.

Nothing revolutionary for me, but I reckon this is a quite good solution for many people who would like to have a blog but they don’t have the skills to use Hugo or create a CI jobs which publish to GitHub Pages.

Why a micro blog?

I often have content to post which is too short to justify a proper blog post but it’s too long to be posted on Mastodon or BlueSky. For this type of posts, Micro.blog is perfect!

Conclusion

If you are looking for an easy to use solution to create a personal blog, look no further. Oh, and you can visit mine at this address: https://micro.andreagrandi.it