Writing

Firstly, I usually write my posts during work hours (don't tell my boss), mostly during downtime or while waiting for builds. I usually write whatever comes to mind, which is alot because there is quite a lot of downtime at the moment, and boredom is the best way to find motivation and ideas.

Since I use Zola, I just write markdown right in the project. I use Visual Studio Code, since I obviously have that on all my machines as a programmer. Whenever a post is done, I simply build the project and upload it to cloudflare.

To be able to share this project between my work and personal computers, I host a git repo on a small raspberry pi clone hidden under my sofa. I can only sync my work computer when I work at home, but that's rarely a problem for me.

I could use something like google drive, but that takes too much effort for me to bother.

Ideas

Apperantly some people have schedules and lists for blogging? I don't, I just write what comes to mind. If a good idea comes and it isnt a good time to write, then so be it. Either it's a good idea and it will return, or it simply goes back in the pile with all the other unwritten posts.

I also think people take their posts too seriously. I tend to use the bar:

Would 15/18 year old me find this interesting/need to read this? Would either of my parents find this interesting? My Partner?

If enough people (usually one will suffice) would probably find it interesting/meaningful, then it's worth to write.

It is worth noting that I am a easily intrigued person. I find refrigerators immensively facinating (latent heat of vaporization is fuckin weird), and there's often something new on my mind. There isnt anything wrong with using lists and such, if that works for you. Just don't tryhard, that's not why we are here.

Reading

At the moment I primarilly browse Bearblog, however I am building a list of RSS feeds from the entire wide web. To share it between my computers, I store a OPML file in the same git repo as this blog. For my work computer I have a browser addon, and on my personal computers I use newsboat, because terminals are cool.