Basically I just copy the previous blog entry, change the content and update the index page with a new link. The entire prep doesn't take more then two minutes.
I don't have features like tags/rss, although I guess I could do those manually too, but the way I see it, I'll worry about that when/if I have enough content.
I'm hosting it on GitHub pages because it's free but I could copy the folder onto any web server and be good to go. I was just checking out neocities which is pretty cool and works in a similar way.
Forget platforms and formats for a while and try to write at least 3 blog posts as plain text files/Word documents/Google doc. If you can’t write those three articles, forget about getting a blog because it will be forever empty.
Speaking from experience.
If your goal is to build up a list of followers and build connections with potential customers and employers, go with Medium. Its recommendation system gets you followers quickly without any additional effort. Medium articles still show up in google searches if they're somewhat relevant, something I don't see happening with any of the other platforms. One drawback - it sucks for posts that contain code or demos.
Alternate goals may be 1) Maintaining a portfolio to send to potential customers and employers. 2) Or maintaining a journal of ideas and learnings primarily for your future self.
Turning up in search results may not be your priority with those goals. Then, the type of content becomes the dominant factor...
All the SaaS platforms - wordpress.com, Weebly, Webflow, Ghost, Medium - kind of suck for technical content containing code and JS demos.
Self-hosted WP is more flexible but you'll often run into formatting and small screen glitches.
For tech content, I'd prefer writing in markdown/asciidoc formats and publishing using static site generators like Pelican, Hugo, Gatsby. You have to be ok with using the command-line for them.
For non-tech content, any of them is fine. Webflow's layout system seems the most flexible and good-looking among the lot. Free WP.com, Medium offer rather limited customization.
I've also written a short guide where I combine it with Github Pages for free hosting and Github Actions for automated CI[1].
[0]: https://github.com/olaven/markblog [1]: https://olaven.org/out/guides/blog_with_git_and_markdown.htm...
There are a lot of other great small platforms that are made especially for blogging, rather than being general-purpose like some of the options you mentioned. E.g. Bear Blog [1] and Svbtle [2]
[0] https://write.as
Next.js or Gatsby with markdown or MDX for example, there are many good options.
I would say you can't go wrong with any of the options you mention, they all are great in their own way.
I suggest to just try a bunch and see what you like.
Besides medium, maybe you could also consider Hackernoon.