Where do you (developers) blog and why?
It seems there are a lot of platforms that are very well suited for for writing content. Some widely used platforms include:
Dev.to
Hashnode
Medium
Though there is a advantage our writing on these platforms, I have seen people preferring writing on their own hosted platforms for numerous reasons: customization, more control over content, etc.
- Which one do you prefer and why?
- Is there something you use to automatically re-post your blogs on multiple platforms?
Thanks
I still use wordpress for my own personal blog, but I have a niche site that I am using gatsby for to see if I can get an SEO advantage because of it's speed.
I like to own my data and content as much as I can. That's why I use Hugo on my own server. It's a static pages generator written in Golang: it's very easy to update, super fast, scalable, simple. Everything I could ask for. Here's my blog for the curious: https://thevaluable.dev
You can write in markdown with Hugo, so it takes me 10min for me to convert it to post it on dev.to, for example. I could write a quick shell script for that, too.
In the past I did use my website, but purely to have a personal brand for job hunting.
But as so-to-say entrepreneur, I want to reach as many people as possible, so I am planning to go for Medium
Thanks for this. I think the biggest advantage of these platforms is that you get that reach and can get your content in front of many people
Curious to know if you're planning post your content on both?
I prefer my own website(s) for a few reasons:
(1) As a developer, I feel my personal brand is important. I don't want to have to link out to other platforms for visitors to see my writing.
(2) As an entrepreneur, I write to build an audience. I want to keep users within my ecosystem.
That being said, one thing I'm interesting in trying is using other blogs as a user acquisition strategy, especially early on.
I completely agree to have a personal brand as a developer. Thanks for sharing your thoughts in this idea