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Managing databases, updating software, and keeping track of our content often cuts into the most important activity: *expressing ourselves*.

The web makes it really easy to share our thoughts with millions of individuals from around the world. With it we are able to talk about the things we love.
The web makes it really easy to share our thoughts with millions of individuals from around the world. With it, we are able to talk about the things we love.

Online publishing platform have a problem though - they require certain software to be installed on web servers in order to work. This often means running your own server or paying someone else who will setup the required parts for you.
Online publishing platform has a problem though - they require certain software to be installed on web servers in order to work. This often means running your own server or paying someone else who will setup the required parts for you.

After you setup the system, constant updates are required to make sure that any bugs in the software you are running are patched immediately to prevent your site from being hacked. This often means having a recent backup of your database ready at all times.
After you set up the system, constant updates are required to make sure that any bugs in the software you are running are patched immediately to prevent your site from being hacked. This often means having a recent backup of your database ready at all times.

## Can't we simplify?

Because running websites and managing databases isn't always worth the effort, "Static Content Generators" like [Dr. jekyll](http://jekyllrb.com/) and [Mr. Hyde](http://hyde.github.io/) have begun to gain traction as people pre-build websites and then place the static HTML results onto their server.

This means the web server doesn't need to be configured with any special software or databases - it simply serves the generated static HTML files.
This means the webserver doesn't need to be configured with any special software or databases - it simply serves the generated static HTML files.

However, you still have to install the generator and setup a "build" process of sorts after every article.
However, you still have to install the generator and set up a "build" process of sorts after every article.

## Meet Jr.

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## GIT thee hence

If you want to be really awesome you can use `Jr` along with the ever useful *version-control* system [git](https://help.github.com/articles/set-up-git). This allows you to keep better track of changes insuring that you can always rollback your text to recover previous versions - very handy if you work with a team!
If you want to be really awesome you can use `Jr` along with the ever-useful *version-control* system [git](https://help.github.com/articles/set-up-git). This allows you to keep better track of changes ensuring that you can always rollback your text to recover previous versions - very handy if you work with a team!

## What About Markup?

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<code>&lt;script src=&quot;jr.js&quot;&gt;&lt;/script&gt;</code>


Once you have created your pages then simply upload the system to your website and enjoy.
Once you have created your pages then simply upload the system to your website and enjoy it.

*P.S. Looking for a static social lifestream application? Checkout [MicroStream](https://github.com/Xeoncross/microstream).*

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