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I believe that self hosting is more inline with open source software principles. Even if it weren't, self hosting gives you control over your content—remember,
by aorth 10y ago
I believe that self hosting is more inline with open source software principles. Even if it weren't, self hosting gives you control over your content—remember, nothing is really "free." Self hosting takes a bit more time and effort but if you use a static site generator like Hugo or Pelican then the process is more simple.
- confounded 10y agoAnother advantage is that you can allow interested readers a full RSS feed. Medium's is just the title and a link, which puts me off subscribing to blogs there.
- Vinnl 10y agoI think I usually get full articles, but also _all_ comment replies by that author. That gets old quickly as well.