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+WordPress currently has a bad reputation on the internet. Many people argue that
+the technology WordPress uses(PHP) is out of date. Tons of people leave
+WordPress for sites like [Wix](https://www.wix.com/) and
+[squarespace](https://www.squarespace.com/) simply because they are easier to
+use. There are valid points to these arguments. However, I would like to argue
+that WordPress is honestly not that terrible. There are hundreds of themes and
+plugins which make WordPress a very robust platform to use. Content management
+on WordPress is also very easy to manage. It may take more time to set up a
+WordPress site; however, it is well worth it in the end. WordPress is definitely
+not the solution for every website, but it is still adequate for blogs.
+
+I did not leave because I hated WordPress, I left simply because I wanted to
+build something of my own. This blog has been deserted for several years and I
+decided that it was time to bring it back to life. I decided to totally recreate
+my blog using Nodejs from the ground up. Going into this endeavor two weeks ago,
+I knew absolutely nothing about Nodejs other than it was a JavaScript framework
+for back end web development. I knew a fair amount of JavaScript, so the project
+went smoothly except for synchronization bugs. Going from PHP development to a
+Nodejs development took some transitioning, but in the end, I think it was well
+worth it. I will write a post about the differences between PHP and Nodejs in
+the future.
+
+You still might not understand why I stopped using WordPress. Personally, I
+think I left because using WordPress would have been too easy. Don’t get me
+wrong, GUIs are very nice, but I wanted to know how the blog actually worked. I
+could have taken the time to learn how to develop WordPress plugins but that
+would have been a waste of time. Even though I feel that WordPress is a good
+blogging platform, Nodejs is taking over the web. It is frightening how much
+stuff you can do with JavaScript. Not only is Nodejs faster than PHP, but you
+can do front and back end web development with it. There are dozens of blogging
+platforms written with Nodejs, but I wanted to teach myself how to program
+Nodejs by taking on a huge project.
+
+If you are interested in the source code for this website, check it out on my
+[github](https://github.com/jrtechs/NodeJSBlog).