Ask HN: What's stopping you from blogging?

* My personal website is truly personal. I'm no longer using it as an online resume. There's no branding, no curation. I share recipes, car repair tips, and the occasional essay.

* I don't care about traffic. I don't even measure it anymore. It's no longer about clicks and likes. I'm pleasantly surprised when someone mentions the content on my website.

* I keep my writing short and sweet. It forces me to have clearer ideas, and to stay focused. It also means that I can finish a post before caffeine wears off.

* I treat my personal website as a garden. It's meant to be imperfect, a constant work in progress.

But as for why I don't run a personal blog... well there a few reasons really:

1. I'm not sure how to brand it. I have no interest in becoming an 'influencer' under my real name, and it's hard to choose a domain name or brand if you don't have a memorable name or pseudonym.

2. I'm an utter perfectionist, so every time I consider creating a personal blog I think about how it should be designed, coded, etc rather than the content to post there.

3. I dislike letting other people host my work on their services, so no Substack or Medium anymore. My opinion is that if someone takes offence with something I say (or has another legal issue), there should be no third party that can 'solve' those problems behind my back. But that also means effort when I want to use anything that can be self hosted, since it means setting up a domain/subdomain, hosting directory, email, etc.

4. Other things take priority.