I've done exactly the same. I must admit, there's a sense of FOMO — if I weren't hosting on GitHub Pages, I would 100% do some analysis of server logs to learn

I've done exactly the same. I must admit, there's a sense of FOMO — if I weren't hosting on GitHub Pages, I would 100% do some analysis of server logs to learn something about site traffic. However, on balance, this is still the best option!