Hello World - Shouting Into the Atmosphere

I already have a blog using Leaflet called Shouting into the Void but I wanted to check out what the hype was around Pckt since I'd seen a bunch of folks posting about and from it.

Pckt in action:

At first glance, I really dig the interface on Pckt. Clean, simple, and really focused on writing words on the screen.

Screenshot of pckt's blogging editor which is just the words you see on my blog post.

Versus Leaflet:

There's something about Leaflet's navigation system that confuses me each time I use it. I can't quite put my finger on it, but I'm never positive I'm where I should be when I'm writing a post?

Screenshot of Leaflet's blogging editor.

Verdict:

I'm being silly here because I really haven't put either app through it's paces, but if I had to pick on to use right now I'd probably go with Pckt.

My actual blog that I've had for 15+ years currently runs on Ghost and I have little complaints about it. But it also costs me $15USD/month to run. For my purposes, I really don't need to do that. But I do want a solid blogging platform that I don't have to worry about updating plugins or security holes or weird hosting plans.

I don't know how well Pckt or Leaflet would do at importing 15 years of blog posts, but it's certainly worth experimenting a little more to see if I could make something work with either one.