Why I Chose Substack Over WordPress

I've been asked why I'm using Substack so here's the story.

Dear Son,

I thought long and hard about where to publish these letters.

At first, I considered setting up a full WordPress website — the kind I’ve built in the past, with my own hosting, domain, plugins, backups, and more plugins to manage those plugins. You get the idea.

But then I remembered something I’ve learned the hard way, over and over again:

If the…