After taking a look and thinking about it, I think this platform is not for representative HN audience. We can DIY the heck out of an equivalent system based on what we know (languages, tools, platforms, etc). So it's (probably) a product for journalists and all other non-techies for whom the alternative would be to hire one or more dev/devops/sysads.

Though that's how django started. So...

I'm not ChicagoDave, but what he wrote resonates with me.

I view my blog as an extension of my memory. When I write things, I do it mainly for myself, rather than to appeal to other readers. Because of this, my blog gets practically no traffic. I'm happy with github hosting my ramblings for free.

I guess if I was a journalist, it might not be bad price, but I'm just a casual blogger. I currently host my own Wordpress site and keep it up to date myself. As the other reply to your comment mentioned, we're pretty technical here on HN and Ghost is probably something we can hack together on our own.

Even so, for the casual blogger, $5/month is probably the max.