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Oh man, same boat. (Though for me I'm just making a whole blog instead; I found it more flexible to my needs.)
The best general advice I can give, is to define early and clearly what features you want, and to stick to that. If you get any idea for extra features along the way, reserve them for a future version. This will help you break down the work, and avoid scope creep.
Have you already chosen a framework for the front and back ends?
In a set of coincidences, I was looking through my history and @soatok@furry.engineer posted a blog about furry blogs if you are interested in spreading knowledge of your blog. The word blog only appears 4 times in this post, but that feels like a lot for the length of it.