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Wordpress is extraordinarily clunky. There's a lot of configuration you have to concern yourself with (i.e. plugins, SEO, etc). If you want a custom domain with wordpress there's even more of a hassle.

With Jekyll + GH Pages you have full control of your site with as little complexity as necessary.

Here's some more info: http://joshualande.com/jekyll-github-pages-poole/

> I wanted complete control, so Medium and Svbtle were out.

You could easily argue those other services don't give "complete" control either.

haha exactly what I was thinking!