Why I'm using GitBook

Why use a documentation platform?

• I was thinking about creating and using a blog, but I already have so many accounts on content platforms and feel like I'm on a hamster wheel.

• I wanted something to serve as the epicenter of sorts for everything that I do and I think the documentation structure works well for providing overviews on projects, as well as updates and more.

Other platforms I considered

• A Carrd + blogstatic set up

  • This was the original blog platform I was considering, and if I do end up creating a blog for any of my projects, it would likely be with this set up.

• A full-on wiki using MediaWiki or TiddlyWiki

Why GitBook?

What I love about GitBook

• free tier includes custom domain

• incredibly friendly editor

• very visitor-friendly navigation

Some drawbacks

• no way for people to subscribe for updates (so it's on me to share what I've added via other platforms)

• navigation could get unwieldy if I treat a page as if it were a post (so my plan is to instead have some pages that are more like logs, with dates as headers you can navigate through)

• limited customization (but tbh I don't mind it so much, and their pro plan does allow for more customization if I really want to change the font and other things)