[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":615},["ShallowReactive",2],{"project-20060549":3},{"id":4,"name":5,"line":6,"line_source":7,"title":8,"url":9,"domain":10,"maker":11,"posted_at":12,"year":13,"points":14,"comments":15,"rank_in_year":16,"shown_in_year":17,"top":18,"tier":19,"category":20,"subcategory":21,"format":22,"keywords":23,"reception":29,"sentiment":30,"stance_mix":31,"scored_comments":35,"aspects":36,"strip":48,"post_text":50,"what":51,"said":79,"maker_in_thread":194,"shape":203,"grid":207,"attempts":573,"same_week":578,"maker_shows":43,"maker_hidden":607,"reader_version":608,"card":609},"20060549","medium-to-own-blog","Switch from Medium to your own blog","title","Show HN: Switch from Medium to your own blog","https:\u002F\u002Fgithub.com\u002Fmathieudutour\u002Fmedium-to-own-blog","github.com","mathieudutour",1559308672,2019,494,130,33,2195,2,"legend","dev_tools","static site generator","cli",[24,25,26,27,28],"medium migration","export medium posts","static blog","hugo","self hosted blog","debated",0.143,{"positive":32,"neutral":33,"mixed":34,"critical":33},14,11,3,39,{"docs":37,"idea":39,"execution":42,"design":44,"performance":45,"privacy":46,"pricing":47},{"positive":18,"critical":38},0,{"positive":40,"critical":41},6,5,{"positive":43,"critical":43},1,{"positive":18,"critical":34},{"positive":38,"critical":43},{"positive":38,"critical":43},{"positive":43,"critical":38},[49,18,34,43,38,34,38,38,38,38,41,43,38,38,38,38,38,38,34,38,41,34,38,34,34,43,43,34,41,43,34,41,34,41,41,38,38,38,38,38],4,null,{"problem":50,"audience":52,"pricing":50,"motivation":68,"time_to_build":50,"stack":76,"openness":77,"stage":78,"team_size":78},{"value":53,"source":54,"evidence":55},"Writers who want to leave Medium and own their blog.","inferred",[56,60,64],{"id":57,"by":58,"text":59},"20061820","Abishek_Muthian","I recently switched my blog from Medium to custom blog, reason being among other things (such as Policies) it felt slow to load on Medium. 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