I'm surprised at the comment about wanting to drive clicks to his blog rather than other sites (namely Github).
When I'm interviewing someone, I am far more interested in a github link thank a blog. Everyone has a blog and most aren't very interesting. But their github account.... if I am hiring a developer, I'll be very interested in what code they've written, projects they're working with, etc.
Looking quickly at both, his blog is more interesting than his GitHub page, I think. Also he can track traffic to the blog and every page of the blog has a link to his GitHub page anyways.
Precisely. I use GitHub as a tool and my behavior would change if I started using it as a portfolio.
I've heard from dozens of recruiters through my blog, but I can't remember ever being contacted for work from my GitHub.
I also have pretty specific interests (data and data science). I'm pretty picky about the type of work I'll do, so I'd rather be hired for the stuff I talk about on my blog than my GitHub.
When I'm interviewing someone, I am far more interested in a github link thank a blog. Everyone has a blog and most aren't very interesting. But their github account.... if I am hiring a developer, I'll be very interested in what code they've written, projects they're working with, etc.