New comment by lixtra in "Host Your Own Blog with Gitlab and Netlify"

Why would you do this? Who else does it? And how is it superior to just signing up with a hosted Wordpress (like 30% of the Internet)?

EDIT: Feel free to downvote but please answer. TFA does not answer it.

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