Platforms are probably the right choice. But I've got this instead.
And what is this?
It's a personal website! Ooh, so 90's (or was it early 2000's?)
I own all of the stuff on this site. Nobody is stealing your data (though robots are definitely scraping mine!) I am creating it and sharing it as an exercise in creativity and sharing.
And y'know, maybe someday I'll go back to platforms.
But then again, maybe I won't.
Maybe this will become something. Maybe this is the start of something more.
And if it isn't, well:
"Practicing an art, no matter how well or badly, is a way to make your soul grow, for heaven's sake. Sing in the shower. Dance to the radio. Tell stories. Write a poem to a friend, even a lousy poem. Do it as well as you possibly can. You will get an enormous reward. You will have created something."
- Kurt Vonnegut