Automattic vs. WP Engine will have a chilling effect on WordPress hosting. When I decided to use Hugo in Micro.blog, I considered using WordPress under the hood instead. It would’ve brought significant benefits, but at the cost of bloat and web hosting monoculture. Glad to have avoided this drama.

Somehow, in my head, WordPress is still the scrappy little platform that benefited from Six Apart's awful screw-up with Movable Type pricing. And then I remember that this is two seriously big businesses fighting over the software that powers so much of the web.

@sgtstretch Thanks. Yes, WP is too big and actually not very focused on blogging anymore, oddly enough.

@adders Exactly. Matt said that each is about a $500 million/year business.

I’ve been enjoying learning about Hugo. Are there any plans to upgrade on the near horizon? This is just me being a nerd 🤓

@mandaris I haven't looked at the latest version recently, but we should, yes. Last time we added a new version a few things broke, so need to test more this time.

There's not too much money in blogging. But happy to pay Micro.blog!
