# Why and how I switched from Medium

DevFeed: [Why and how I switched from Medium](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/why-and-how-i-switched-from-medium-39631.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.gauravsarma.com/posts/2025-01-06_Why-I-switched-from-Medium>)

Published: 2025-01-06T00:00:00Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Gaurav Sarma's Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/gaurav-sarma-s-blog.md>)

Topics: [Hugo](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/hugo.md>), [Self-hosted](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/self-hosted.md>), [static-site-generator](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/static-site-generator.md>), [version-control](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/version-control.md>), [Markdown](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/markdown.md>)

Tags: [hugo](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/hugo.md>), [markdown](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/markdown.md>), [self-hosted](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/self-hosted.md>), [static-site-generator](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/static-site-generator.md>), [terminal](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/terminal.md>), [version-control](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/version-control.md>)

## AI overview

The author explains why they moved from Medium to a self-hosted blog, citing terminal-based writing, Markdown support, version control, custom features, and automation. They chose Hugo as a lightweight starting point for the new setup.

## Source excerpt

. [Why I Switched from Medium](why-i-switched-from-medium-cover...