Hardcore about the IndieWeb ethos

Popular IndieWeb bloggers have been talking about "Hardcore IndieWeb" recently (Neatnik, Brennan). The idea of "hardcore" in this context is doing everything yourself: building a site with pure HTML and CSS using a text editor on your laptop and hosting it... from any cheap web host, or even from a cupboard at home. Nothing wrong with that if you have the time and the patience, or if you need complete control over everything on your site, but I'd argue against doing this in the general case. For me, by far the most important thing is supporting the IndieWeb ethos, not subjecting yourself to all the hassle that HTML, CSS, static sites, deployment and whatnot will bring you. I've been programming professionally since 1995 and I can assure you it is a hassle, or will be one way or another! Essentially you can be "hardcore" about your belief in IndieWeb and use a product that is built around that ethos. Like, say, Pagecord! I know, I know, of course the founder of a popular blogging…