Rolling one's own is always a nice little project, but whether that's the right option for you will depend on whether you're prepared to take the time to do it,

Rolling one's own is always a nice little project, but whether that's the right option for you will depend on whether you're prepared to take the time to do it, or if you have other priorities. Installing WordPress takes a couple of minutes if you want a decent amount of control over your software but without the hassle of writing your own, and there are plenty of decent themes and syntax highlighting plugins out there.