Why I'm Migrating My Blog to Astro
I first joined the DEV community 8 years ago (as of writing) to jump-start my writing journey and get my name out there. Since then, my reading audience has grown to hundreds of thousands of readers globally. I owe a huge part of my early career to the DEV community. Now, I think it's about time to finally move my blog to my personal website . There are several reasons why I decided to do this…
The author of the blog decided to migrate from DEV to their personal website for several reasons. Initially, they did not have a personal domain and relied on DEV for branding. However, they wanted greater control over content discoverability and branding. Moving to their personal website allowed them to write about non-developer topics and version-control their articles in a Git repository.
The author also wanted to create bespoke visualizations in their articles, which was not possible with DEV. Sean McArthur's insights on POSSE, a practice of publishing on your own site and syndicating elsewhere, influenced their decision. Despite moving away from DEV, they still cross-post their articles to maintain their follower base.
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