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You don't even have to pay for hosting or anything. Keep your stuff on github and use a CDN with free integration. It's fire and forget as long as you keep the domain registered. If github or your CDN misbehaves moving is pretty trivial and doesn't affect your site's content or address.

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Some people don't have those skills and don't want to learn them. They just want to write and produce good stuff. But I hear you.

> Some people don't have those skills and don't want to learn them.

But isn’t that always the chasm of running your own business vs. being an employee or small subcontractor?

The more control you want, the more broad your skill set and investment of your time needs to be.

Word can export html and there are GUIs for github that don't need skills. I guess you could say there's some small amount of learning involved but it's extremely minimal. Arguably not more than these social media sites.

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