I sometimes blog on programming at https://bfontaine.net/blog/. I mostly write tutorials and similar beginner-friendly explanations about various subjects: code golfing in Clojure; how to make a gif of a website evolution; how the `PATH` shell variable works; how to understand `tar`’s options; etc. I don’t post very often mostly because I take a lot of time checking every single detail of a blog post before publishing it.
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Re: Ask HN: What is your blog and why should I read it?
#282I currently also began blogging at https://blog.jdsoft.de
It's a static site generated with Zola and some custom glue code to use Joplin as an editor for my blog. It works great and I'm satisfied with the performance and overall look.
Content is rare. So there is actually no reason to read the blog. But it is fun to tinker with it.
Re: Ask HN: What is your blog and why should I read it?
#283I'm working on https://php.watch.
It's a blog/tracker type web site where I post about latest PHP news, and upcoming changes in an organized way. I started it 2 years ago, but it's only 3 months back since I started to finally get to it. It has a monthly newsletter that's getting a fairly good trend in subscriptions.
Why I'd like to see others reading it? Because I spend a lot of time working on modernizng PHP. I watch PHP code changes, test things, contribute, etc, and write about them. If you have any PHP applications that you want to keep up, I hope that site helps to figure out what's new and changing.
Also a travel blog but that is not quite relevant to HN :)
Re: Ask HN: What is your blog and why should I read it?
#284https://fuzzyblog.io/blog/ I'm the creator of https://www.covidnearme.org/ (local case counts for Covid) and I blog about Ruby, Python, Machine Learning and startup type stuff.
Re: Ask HN: What is your blog and why should I read it?
#285Earlier quoted context omitted.
I checked out your first link (on an iPhone) and all I saw was a mailing list signup form taking up the whole screen. I always wanted to ask people who do things like this on their websites: Why? Why if I’ve never even seen your site, do you think that the first thing I want to do is divulge my email address to you and receive spam? I don’t know even one thing about your site yet. Haven’t read word #1 from headline #…
Sorry you feel that way. I'm an independent creator and agree there's lots of room for improvement on everything I build, sometimes I do the thing that works/is quickest to do, move on, and then revisit when I have time - the design of the site, web optimisation techniques, a11y best practices, offline support, less gimmicky call-to-actions, marking deprecated features are examples of things I defo want to prioritise…
> I myself often use uBlock origin to select + remove sticky headers/sidebars/ads which often detract from the main reading experience.
So then the question arises: why do you have a popup on your site that does exactly that?
Re: Ask HN: What is your blog and why should I read it?
#286i’ve been blogging for 19 years.
i’m an indie app builder and venture-funded technical founder. i have 3 kids and married 15 years. i’ve moved 18 times in those last 15 years for my startups. http://john.do
i also have a daily vlog: http://yen.show
Re: Ask HN: What is your blog and why should I read it?
#287https://www.dannyguo.com/blog
I'm still working on developing a habit of writing regularly. I love it when I find a personal blog post that perfectly solves a problem that I have (especially when that blog post is essentially the only resource for a very specific problem) or explains a concept better than anything else. So I'm trying to do the same for others for things that I know about.
More people should share what they know.
Re: Ask HN: What is your blog and why should I read it?
#288I've been posting every week for 5+ years. I cover everything I encounter as a freelance developer (something I've been doing for the last ~20 years).
There's posts on Flask, Docker, Bash, Elixir, tweaking your development environment, running a freelance business, etc.. Lots of videos too, because for the last year or so I've been trying to grow a Youtube channel.
It basically covers everything I've learned or am currently learning that's related to tech. I also don't run ads on my site or have annoying newsletter popups.
Re: Ask HN: What is your blog and why should I read it?
#289Great thread! I sometimes wish there was a variant of Hacker News that only had blog posts written by individuals. Mine is https://tkainrad.dev I think you should read my blog because I invest a lot of effort into my posts. Not sure why I do that, as there is no reward except growing Google Analytics numbers. My three most successful articles have been - Managing my personal knowledge base: https://tkainrad.dev/posts…
>I sometimes wish...
Hey, I'm building a thing like that right now.
Re: Ask HN: What is your blog and why should I read it?
#290I have my own little tech blog: http://schroer.ca
Really its a collection of projects that I find interesting. So things from Chromebook bios updates, photogrammetry and even medical stories. Whatever I feel deserves to be written about.