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Do I want to write content, or do I want to code a blog?
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I was setting up this blog at the beginning of 2021 and excitedly told a few developer friends about the plan. The discussion naturally revolved around blogging platforms and tech choices, until one of them asked:
Do you actually want to write content, or do you want to code a blog?
It's a great question. I wasn't sure about it, so I set up a rule for myself: write three complete posts before publishing the blog. It was a good decision, because it took almost a year to reach three blog posts. So, what took so long?
Turns out I wanted to code a bit more — at least in the beginning. I spent way too much time building an over-engineered React site, considering the goal was to write content. But so what? A hobby project should be inspiring and free of rules, not a KPI-driven piece of work. Unless that's your thing of course. For me, implementing the site from scratch felt like a necessary fuel for my writing inspiration. I didn't want to code everything just for the sake of it though. I'll try to explain.
For years, I've gone back and forth with different blogging platforms. Medium for a few testing-related posts, Blogger for macOS configuration posts, WordPress for a business website, Github repo with .md files, and many open-source solutions like Jekyll, Ghost, Hugo, and Hexo.