Shut out of Ghost because it couldn’t send email to 2P verify me? I don’t recall configuring email, but if I did… I now feel ashamed. What a pile of @#$#@!

Their docs suggested I should sign up with one of several mail providers to handle my outgoing email for a reasonable fee.

I thought… Why did I ever run Ghost?

If they are trying to sell something I don’t think it is FOSS in the original sense. SnakeOil-OSS would be more apt.

I’m sure I first started using ghost when it was just a git repo project. I’ve no idea when it became pornographic, but that trend continues in the industry. And it is all tied to the idea of monthly payment plans.

They are anathema.

But I am grateful to Ghost. The incident made me realize that the idea of a database backed GUI for a blog is quite moronic.

And I feel shame.

Go Hugo.