Whenever someone demands you change who you are, it's useful to ask yourself what they stand to gain from you agreeing to become someone else.
To create an Astro site which contains all notes and long form essays/other content?
Or use Obsidian publish for notes and create a regular blog for long form?
The best way to explore is to have many ships going in all different directions, not one ship that can only go in one direction.
We should keep that in mind when doing "science."