I’ve found writing my own software a wonderful experience over a number of years; seeing how my skills have improved, seeing the evolution of the site, seeing what fads came and went. Obviously if you’re focused primarily on the message rather than the medium then using pre existing software—providing its not a trick to wall garden your now tracking-laden content—is a good idea.
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I’ve found writing my own software a wonderful experience over a number of years; seeing how my skills have improved, seeing the evolution of the site, seeing what fads came and went. Obviously if you’re focused primarily on the message rather than the medium then using pre existing software—providing its not a trick to wall garden your now tracking-laden content—is a good idea.
It can and does work for many people.
But for most it's just a time sink.
You want to do a cool software project over a longer time? Build your own blog!
You want to write? Write!