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Bulid personal website with Coda

Why coda

There are a million ways to build a personal website.
I can code it up from scratch.
I can buy a third party website builder + hosting like WordPress, Wix, SquareSpace, Google Sites, etc.
I can simply use a hosted blogging service like Medium.
Or I can use Coda / Notion, etc.
Admittedly the major reason that I build my personal website on Coda is because I work at Coda. Regardless here are a few pros and cons.
Feature
Code it
WP/Wix/SS/Google
Coda
1
Fast bootstrap
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✅
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2
Easy to find templates
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✅
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3
Fast to iterate
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✅
✅
4
Free to publish
✅
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✅
5
Support advanced layouts
✅
✅
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6
Support specialized integrations
✅
❓
❓
7
Support usecases outside personable website
✅
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✅
8
SEO / marketing
✅
✅
✅
9
Custom domain
✅
✅
✅
10
Traffic stats
✅
✅
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As it is to me, Coda is not the perfect option to build a professional / fabulous personal website but would be a great fit for casual website builders.

What to build

I plan to use the personal website to organize a few things.
Portfolio: give anyone a quick overview of who I am.
Blogs: a space to write and share.
Projects: space to organize a few side projects and demo them.
Project management will be organized in private docs.
Limited data (e.g. priorities) will be shared with the personal website.
Misc: a space for hosting ad-hoc webpages.

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