I never understood the appeal of Medium. Strangely ironic watching all my "hip" friends abandon their old blogs for Medium only to come back to them this year.

This might be a plug for Hugo, but I've been using on my personal site[1] for years and it's been fantastic. I think there's something beautiful about not using JS to build a website these days.

[1] https://lacke.mn

I agree with the other comment that this just reads like an advertisement. You could at least mention alternatives; for example, Firebase Hosting has served me well in many cases and its pricing is simple and competitive.

There's also no mention of Wordpress, which is probably one of the best solutions for non-technical users. Not everyone wants to build and maintain tech stuff.

this is an ad

I would support it if it went through and talked about alternatives besides Netlify for hosting. Like if it talked about github pages, gitlab pages, etc

You're right. It doesn't even make an attempt at describing why Medium is bad. I don't know what I'm supposed to do with this site.

Those are the arguments they are giving against Medium:

> Medium is very slow (compare). Medium's paywall is an insult to good journalism by forcing specific users to pay for content of often questionable quality. The Medium membership model doesn't work for several folks (likely you too). But, most importantly Medium dilutes your brand and negatively impacts essential metrics.