I’ve always liked the idea of having my own programmer blog where I can write about niche topics and my weird ideas. One big problem though is that I hate writing.
I’ve wanted this for years yet I haven’t started it yet because I end up obsessing over stupid details like:
- what static site generator am I gonna use?
- Jekyll?
- mdbook?
- docusaurus?
- Hugo?
- Zola?
- nextjs SSR with app router + MDX ?
- Obsidian publish ($8 USD/mo)
- quartz
- how am I gonna sync the notes? I’d like to have the blog in Obsidian but also not publish personal notes
, resulting in decision paralysis and then never getting started. It’s also more fun to think about over-engineering a solution rather than writing.
Today I decided to just start writing a first post. It’s gotta start somewhere and this is it. To be honest this post is already longer than I thought it was gonna be. I’m typing it on my phone before I go to bed. This text likely won’t be public for a while until I figure out how I want to host this. Recently, I decided to write some self-reflection notes at the end of the day in Obsidian to get into the habit of giving myself some time to do that. Today, I decided if I want to have a stereotypical programmer blog, it’s gotta start somewhere, so here is my first post.
Good night 💤