I have been researching these few days where should I start my software development blog. Medium is pretty good but the paywall is a big NO! I had my first post there, then I have decided to move it over to Hashnode.
So these are my reasons:
- Sub-domain and custom own domain support. I can move to my own domain one day if I need to (although this is unlikely to happen)
- Google Analytics and Google Search Console integration support. Blogger can do this too.
- No paywall. I have been asking myself - would I pay to read? My answer is no. Yupe the paywall can be easily bypassed but not everyone knows this.
- Blog looks professional and clean (similar to Medium). The rest do not seem so professional especially this one Blogger!
- Custom navigation tab at my blog using Article Series. Blogger can do this too but not the others.
- Email newsletter setup, Blogger can do this too.
- Software development blog centric similar to Dev.to