I faced this same decision a couple years back and one thing I would say is I have tried flat file services like blot (https://blot.im https://blot.im) and even

I faced this same decision a couple years back and one thing I would say is I have tried flat file services like blot (https://blot.im https://blot.im) and even building my own CMS and ultimately just ended up wasting time as I needed more functionality over time. I built https://radarthemes.com https://radarthemes.com which I used to build blogging themes for developers, creators, and for myself. I even released a free theme for others who faced the same road I faced. - https://radarthemes.com/theme/trooper-lite/ https://radarthemes.com/theme/trooper-lite/ (free) - https://wordpress.org/themes/trooper-lite/ https://wordpress.org/themes/trooper-lite/ (free) WordPress is a fantastic cms and I highly recommend it for blogging. If you do not care about additional functionality then blot.im was a great service.