The Blog I Started Ten Years Late

Back in 2015, I had an idea to start a blog. I think I actually created one somewhere — I don’t even remember where it lives anymore. And then a decade passed.

I finally pulled the plug and started this one in the middle of the AI era. Part of me still wonders: who reads blogs now, when everything can be answered by a prompt? But you know what — let the agents read my learnings too. So I started it, and I launched it.

For ten years I sat on it, thinking about what others would think, how they’d judge my writing. But the real reason to write this is simple: to share what I learn. As engineers, we’re constantly working through complex problems, and when our hard-won lessons end up helping someone else, that’s the most satisfying feeling there is.

So this time, I didn’t wait until everything was polished. The very first piece of content on this site was literally just the word “Astro.” That was enough. We’ve had enough of waiting until everything is perfect — because that moment never arrives. There’s always something else to polish.

For the curious: I built this site with Astro and Tailwind CSS — the most lightweight setup I could deploy.

And to anyone reading this who’s still wondering whether to share their own ideas: do it now. It doesn’t matter if it’s empty, or just test content. If you have a purpose, go fulfill it.