I always thought that it was interesting that you rolled your own blogging platform, but I agree. The "build vs buy" calculus these days has shifted. Unless you're doing it for fun, or you are building something extraordinary, it's pretty hard to make the case for "build". Which is sad in a way, but it also forces us to focus on what actually matters to the user, instead of refactoring the back end or whatever.

I'm kind of surprised you didn't choose Ghost. I get the Node thing. It just seems very ideologically aligned. Then again, Matt's awesome too of course. Happy blogging.