nerve

A Node.js blogging platform.

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What it is

A Node.js blogging platform.

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Observed mentions: 2011-12-26 04:45:52 UTC to 2012-07-15 01:21:40 UTC. Weeks start Monday, UTC.

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Period	Start (UTC)	End (exclusive, UTC)	Mentions	Comments
Dec 26	2011-12-26 00:00:00 UTC	2012-01-02 00:00:00 UTC	1	1
Jan 2	2012-01-02 00:00:00 UTC	2012-01-09 00:00:00 UTC	0	0
Jan 9	2012-01-09 00:00:00 UTC	2012-01-16 00:00:00 UTC	0	0
Jan 16	2012-01-16 00:00:00 UTC	2012-01-23 00:00:00 UTC	0	0
Jan 23	2012-01-23 00:00:00 UTC	2012-01-30 00:00:00 UTC	0	0
Jan 30	2012-01-30 00:00:00 UTC	2012-02-06 00:00:00 UTC	0	0
Feb 6	2012-02-06 00:00:00 UTC	2012-02-13 00:00:00 UTC	0	0
Feb 13	2012-02-13 00:00:00 UTC	2012-02-20 00:00:00 UTC	0	0
Feb 20	2012-02-20 00:00:00 UTC	2012-02-27 00:00:00 UTC	0	0
Feb 27	2012-02-27 00:00:00 UTC	2012-03-05 00:00:00 UTC	0	0
Mar 5	2012-03-05 00:00:00 UTC	2012-03-12 00:00:00 UTC	0	0
Mar 12	2012-03-12 00:00:00 UTC	2012-03-19 00:00:00 UTC	0	0
Mar 19	2012-03-19 00:00:00 UTC	2012-03-26 00:00:00 UTC	0	0
Mar 26	2012-03-26 00:00:00 UTC	2012-04-02 00:00:00 UTC	0	0
Apr 2	2012-04-02 00:00:00 UTC	2012-04-09 00:00:00 UTC	0	0
Apr 9	2012-04-09 00:00:00 UTC	2012-04-16 00:00:00 UTC	0	0
Apr 16	2012-04-16 00:00:00 UTC	2012-04-23 00:00:00 UTC	0	0
Apr 23	2012-04-23 00:00:00 UTC	2012-04-30 00:00:00 UTC	0	0
Apr 30	2012-04-30 00:00:00 UTC	2012-05-07 00:00:00 UTC	0	0
May 7	2012-05-07 00:00:00 UTC	2012-05-14 00:00:00 UTC	0	0
May 14	2012-05-14 00:00:00 UTC	2012-05-21 00:00:00 UTC	0	0
May 21	2012-05-21 00:00:00 UTC	2012-05-28 00:00:00 UTC	0	0
May 28	2012-05-28 00:00:00 UTC	2012-06-04 00:00:00 UTC	0	0
Jun 4	2012-06-04 00:00:00 UTC	2012-06-11 00:00:00 UTC	0	0
Jun 11	2012-06-11 00:00:00 UTC	2012-06-18 00:00:00 UTC	0	0
Jun 18	2012-06-18 00:00:00 UTC	2012-06-25 00:00:00 UTC	0	0
Jun 25	2012-06-25 00:00:00 UTC	2012-07-02 00:00:00 UTC	0	0
Jul 2	2012-07-02 00:00:00 UTC	2012-07-09 00:00:00 UTC	0	0
Jul 9	2012-07-09 00:00:00 UTC	2012-07-16 00:00:00 UTC	1	1

What Hacker News says

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andrewhillman·Jul 15, 2012

There are a bunch of extremely light weight blogging/cms engines built w/ node.js. I've seen a bunch on github like https://github.com/joehewitt/nerve/ Probably a good place to start if looking to build your own light weight solution.

In Ask HN: What's the best live blogging/etherpad-like service?

riobard·Dec 26, 2011

Disadvantages: Not for the non-geeky. You can only post from a computer where you have your static site generator set up Not necessarily. I have a very simple static site generator (basically a single Python script, plus a few dependencies) running on a EC2 Micro instance. It watches changes in a shared Dropbox folder (using inotify and dropboxd) of a bunch of Markdown files and templates, and generates HTML posts, index page, and RSS automatically. I could post from any machine as long as it has my Dropbox account, even on my iPhone! No more command lines or git stuff, just write. Dropbox will take care of the rest. Joe Hewitt's Nerve [1] works this way. I believe Marco Arment's Second Crack works similarly, too, but it's not open sourced yet. [1]: https://github.com/joehewitt/nerve/

In Bulletproof your blog – survive the Hacker News effect