# Looking for a minimalist blog

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/looking-for-a-minimalist-blog/90476>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [March 29, 2007, 3:37am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/looking-for-a-minimalist-blog/90476 "2007-03-29T03:37:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![patcito](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/50afbb/32.png) [@patcito](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/patcito)\
**Post date:** [March 29, 2007, 3:37am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/looking-for-a-minimalist-blog/90476/1 "2007-03-29T03:37:00Z")

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hey all,  
I’m looking for a minimalist blog that I could embed into an existing  
application, it’s only for one user and doesn’t need to be fancy.

thanx in advance

Pat

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**Author:** ![patcito](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/50afbb/32.png) [@patcito](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/patcito)\
**Post date:** [March 29, 2007, 11:00am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/looking-for-a-minimalist-blog/90476/2 "2007-03-29T11:00:44Z")

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On 29 Mar 2007, at 02:35, Patrick A. wrote:

> I’m looking for a minimalist blog that I could embed into an existing  
> application, it’s only for one user and doesn’t need to be fancy.

If it’s for just one user and doesn’t need to be fancy, it might be  
easier and quicker to write it yourself rather than take an existing  
one and pare it back.

Then you’ll know it does exactly what you want, no more and no less.

Regards,  
Andy S.

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**Author:** ![patcito](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/50afbb/32.png) [@patcito](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/patcito)\
**Post date:** [March 29, 2007, 3:44pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/looking-for-a-minimalist-blog/90476/3 "2007-03-29T15:44:15Z")

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> I’m looking for a minimalist blog that I could embed into an existing  
> application, it’s only for one user and doesn’t need to be fancy.

Isn’t that precisely what DHH creates in the original Rails 10-minute  
video?

You could scaffold a single model with title, body, and created\_at  
fields. The rest is HTML and CSS tweaking.