Thanks for your recommendation. I have used WordPress in the past. Although its been a few years, I found it cumbersome to set up a simple site; you often needed some custom plugins, most templates look archaic to me, and importantly, the loading speed was slower. I spent more time fixing something and troubleshooting than actually writing.

Right now, I am using a Notion website builder: https://super.so/ It serves my need as someone who wanted to have a personal website. More like a resume tbh. No bells and whistles. I am used to Notion so that’s another plus. And the page loads fairly quickly. However, I find that at $12/month, I could get better value elsehwere. Not to mention, I am unable to blog there.

One of the platforms that attract me is Ghost (https://ghost.org/vs/wordpress/). Open-source and I’ve found the websites there have a far more modern-look.