Wife wants to write stories/blog, I want to administer a forum...both on the same subject.
I'm a backend software engineer based in networking and don't know a ton about what's out there. Initially I was planning how to write this all, but I'm assuming this is common enough that something exists, or perhaps a reverse proxy setup where www leads to something WordPressish, and forum leads to something phpbbish.
Anyone have a similar experience/recommendations?
If it matters at all, I know nothing about frontend dev or php for that matter. Mainly C/Go/Python.
An alternative to a CMS is a static site generator. Exist many implementations in many different languages, most common is ruby based. Usually supports plugins for common tasks. Is an option if you don’t need dynamic content on your blog. Typically writes markdown files that compiles to html that you upload to site. GitHub has that built in their GitHub pages.