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I host my content on other services because I have a full time job, a family, and interests outside of tech. Even though I can do it all myself, what's the poin
by oh_sigh 6y ago
I host my content on other services because I have a full time job, a family, and interests outside of tech. Even though I can do it all myself, what's the point? I get paid well into 6 figures for my tech job. What are the odds my blog will start generating that kind of revenue? Basically zero. And I can talk about things I actually do create on my blog, even if my blog is hosted on substack or medium. I just can't point to my actual blog hosting itself as something I created. But that's fine, because it isn't even a particularly interesting problem to solve. I'd be fairly unimpressed if someone was doing general purpose programming for a couple of years and couldn't throw together a barebones blog.
- nonameiguess 6y agoCame here to say exactly this. This feels like asking why my dad, who has all of the skills to build a house from scratch if he wanted to, bothered to buy one that already existed instead. Because it's easier and he's busy. I can write my own blogging platform if I wanted to, but I can't conjure one from thin air in the two minutes it takes to sign up for one that someone else already built.