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Originally Posted by cd34

WordPress makes it to #1 on the hate list today.

Probably due to your anti-WP post the other day, I searched around for other blog programs. I found a really small one which is ideal for me since I don't need/want all those widgety plug-a-ma-doodles. It had a simple tagging system built-in and an RSS feed, but no other real blogging tools. It didn't have a text editor, just a plain old textarea for posts, so I slapped on a readily available editor/image uploader (fckeditor) which has made posting very easy. I also hacked the script and added a .htaccess file to create SEF URLs.

The template is comprised of a single HTML page and one CSS file, so it's a breeze to modify. The admin is so simple and straight-forward, it's a breath of fresh air. It's not cluttered or confusing at all. Sure, you can't do most of the things that WP can do, but you can edit post dates, create drafts and delete comments (they are off by default when you create a new post anyway). I think there are only 6 or 7 tables in the database. This thing is skinny, though you'd never know from the front end - which loads so quickly and smoothly since it has to perform around 18,000,000,000 fewer queries than WP. Of course, being the ass that I am, I decided to take advantage of that by over-loading it with images.

I like this thing so much that I may actually make another attempt at blogging.