A personal website should not feel like two unrelated products stitched together. The blog, the case studies, and the future experiments all need a shared surface.
Why a structured backend is the right fit
Notion keeps the editorial workflow close to the planning work: drafts, publishing fields, lightweight review, and database views. A custom frontend solves the opposite problem: brand, speed, structure, and control.
The CMS should be comfortable. The frontend should be unmistakable.