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Few side notes which may matter: 1) I don't care about monetization. 2) I do care about source code highlighting, ability to add custom javascript/css (for graphs/visualizations).
One of the best things about Medium is the built-in network and community. I feel confident our technical publication would not have grown as quickly without it. One of my favorite features is the ability to co-publish articles in publications but also retain the authorship of it on your own profile. It's an excellent way to generate traffic to your posts and take advantage of publications that already have readers. If you're interested in giving Medium a try and would be interested in submitting some stories to https://levelup.gitconnected.com, we would be happy to help get you started!
Plus building your own personal brand in your own space on the web isn't a bad idea.
Plus hosting your own gives you more flexibility for custom js/graphs, etc.
We chose to go with Medium ( https://levelup.gitconnected.com ), and it has been great. It embeds gists which is good for code. I haven't experimented with custom JS/CSS, but I believe it's also possible to embed. It's not perfect, but it's really good in most areas. One of the best things about Medium is the built-in network and community. I feel confident our technical publication would not have grown as quickly wi…
Also there are a number of quality 'blogs' that are made available through GitHub Pages.
Codepen is another option for hosting Javascript/CSS/HTML gists that can be linked into a longer blog post elsewhere.
I have heard good things about the Wordpress.com hosting, and they have that Android/Iphone app to blog on the fly.
Wherever you host, Wordpress will have multiple plugins for code highlighting etc, although I haven't tried any yet.
Personally, I want control over my audience so using my own domain is paramount. I use Jekyll + S3 + Cloudfront and have very little cost (however, having said all that, more important is to actually write!
We chose to go with Medium ( https://levelup.gitconnected.com ), and it has been great. It embeds gists which is good for code. I haven't experimented with custom JS/CSS, but I believe it's also possible to embed. It's not perfect, but it's really good in most areas. One of the best things about Medium is the built-in network and community. I feel confident our technical publication would not have grown as quickly wi…
Sorry, I'm only familiar with the "one author, one blog" format... so, at the risk of sounding dumb, what exactly is levelup.gitconnected.com? I see it's an aggregation of articles from different authors, hosted on medium... Do you act as the 'editor' for a group of regular contributers, do you go out cherry pick articles from medium at large, is it automatically generated somehow from a pool of articles, or ...? EDI…
Let's not add even more sites to the Google, WordPress.com (the hosted version) or Medium ecosystems.