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Be subversive... publish a blog! https://simonwillison.net/2024/Sep/10/software-misadventures/#having-a-blog

Having a blog #

23:15

There’s something wholesome about having a little corner of the internet just for you.

It feels a little bit subversive as well in this day and age, with all of these giant walled platforms and you’re like, "Yeah, no, I’ve got domain name and I’m running a web app.”

It used to be that 10, 15 years ago, everyone’s intro to web development was building your own blog system. I don’t think people do that anymore.

That’s really sad because it’s such a good project—you get to learn databases and HTML and URL design and SEO and all of these different skills.

Like 10 September at 22:57 | Open on fedi.simonwillison.net

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Isabel

@simon I'm (eventually) making a personal website by hand-coding HTML and CSS. I'm quite looking forward to having a space on the internet that is entirely mine.

11 September at 0:49 | Open on mathstodon.xyz

Shaun McDonald

@simon one of the downsides of having young kids is getting hardly any home time in front of the computer. What there is, is usually catching up on personal emails or finances. Part of the reason my blog is so empty.