Ask HN: If you were a grad student writing a blog, where would you host it?

I'm looking for some input from the bloggers/blog enjoyers on this forum for what ya'll think is the best way to run a personal blog. I'm open to building it from scratch myself and self hosting on my residential network but I know that comes with some tradeoffs.

TL;DR: What is your advice for a new grad student launching a blog?