If the goal of a blog is to get people to know you better, not just share knowledge, then gist isn’t a great platform for that. People would rather have a blog with clearer branding and personality, that promises more polish, and an offers to give you many ways to get to know the blogger.
I use gist for informal things I don’t have time to turn into a great blog article yet. Or half constructed notes that can live in a pastebin.
I guess I’m curious why medium is the only alternate you list to gist as opposed to creating your own blog outside of medium?
Mostly a question of simplicity. I don't want to spend a tonne of time maintaining a personal blog site if I can find a quick way to publish material quickly using gists with an editor (like Obsidian) which is tolerable ;-).
I've used Jekyll before on github.io, but am looking for an even lighter-weight solution (if possible).
I use gist for informal things I don’t have time to turn into a great blog article yet. Or half constructed notes that can live in a pastebin.
I guess I’m curious why medium is the only alternate you list to gist as opposed to creating your own blog outside of medium?