Hello world!

Why though?

I read a lot of stuff online, and I really appreciate a well-written post.

I also appreciate something that's been written and researched by a real person I can trust, and is actually publicly accessible with only a URL.

I've read more and more about how the internet's going to hell and it's So Over - depressingly put here:

“We are living through the end of the useful internet. The future is informed discussion behind locked doors, in Discords and private fora, with the public-facing web increasingly filled with detritus generated by LLMs, bearing only a stylistic resemblance to useful information. Finding unbiased and independent product reviews, expert tech support, and all manner of helpful advice will now resemble the process by which one now searches for illegal sports streams or pirated journal articles. The decades of real human conversation hosted at places like Reddit will prove useful training material for the mindless bots and deceptive marketers that replace it.”

Alex Pareene - The Last Page Of The Internet

 

But I've also read more positive sentiments from the web community. How it's never been easier to just publish things yourself, outside of any kind of social media or other system you can't control.

(The newsletter Own Your Web is a great place to read about this.)

 

So from this I realised I can be the change I want to see in the world internet, especially since building websites is my literal job—it's somewhat easy for me to whip up a blog. 
(dear reader it was not easy, I went mad designing this website)

What will you post about?

Personal projects

I've always got like 8 different projects on the go, which are generally either home/DIY or web/tech related.

I document them for myself with photos, but when telling friends about a house project a while ago I realised others may want to hear about it too.

So I plan on posting write-ups on projects, which I think will be great, because:

  • I can share an interesting story
  • I can pass on what I learned in the process
  • I can look back on them in a few years' time

Web stuff

I read a lot of web-related stuff through RSS & newsletters (see my web bookmarks), and I find it endlessly useful.

As I get more and more experienced I also find myself solving problems I couldn't easily find solutions for, so this could be a great way to document them nicely and share it with others.

Product reviews?

I've had a few times where I really appreciate how good a product is and I yearn to tell someone about it, especially since it can be so hard to find good quality stuff.

Opinion pieces?

If I'm brave enough and can articulate it well, I may share random opinions about things to pass on my incredible wisdom.

Something else idk

As I start actually posting I'll probably come up with other ideas of what to write about, we shall see.

Inspiration

I've been thinking about this for a while, and there's a few people/websites/articles that have really pushed me to start:

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