I'd suggest something like https://www.marginalia.nu/, https://blogroll.org/, or https://1mb.club/, all of which have a 'small-web', personal-blog type feel. I don't know if that's quite what you're looking for, but it's the closest I've got.
Have you searched through https://hn.algolia.com/?q=ask+hn+blogs ?
I'd suggest something like https://www.marginalia.nu/, https://blogroll.org/, or https://1mb.club/, all of which have a 'small-web', personal-blog type feel. I don't know if that's quite what you're looking for, but it's the closest I've got.