Why?

Published: 2026-03-11

Why have I started this blog at a time when blogs seem to be dying?

Many reasons actually.

It certainly isn’t to make money, to grow a readership or anything like that.

So, in no order in particular:

I enjoy writing

This one is pretty simple: I enjoy writing. Always have.

I like sitting down and getting things out of my head. But more than that, I like editing and refining it. As much as it can feel like you’re hitting your head against a brick wall at times, I enjoy the act of trying to express something, doing a bad job and then finding a way to make it work.

And it feels mad that I don’t have a place to do this when it’s so relatively easy to put something out there.

I enjoy sharing what I love

When I hear a good song, watch a good film, listen to a good podcast episode, encounter a useful new app, or read a good book I’m always eager to share it with others.

If I watch a good film on a Friday, that’s all I’ll want to talk about with people that weekend. Any reason to drop it in.

So it’ll be nice to have an outlet for such things.

I enjoy sharing what I learn

I’ll often learn things, benefit greatly from it and feel compelled to share it with others.

I like it when others benefit from that knowledge, and I also like it when I benefit from others doing the same.

I want a reason to learn

I’m hoping that occasionally I’ll write about something that I’m not entirely sure about, and that having a need to describe it to others will encourage me to go a little deeper to form an understanding. To help with the illusion of clarity.

There’s a surprising lack of blogs for the things I enjoy

Given that much of what I enjoy is tech related, it surprises me how few blogs there are out there which cover the things I like (specifically Neovim, tmux, and the command line in general). YouTube has probably taken that market, and although I’m not doing this to gain hits or to seize on an oppertunity, it still feels like a hole I can try and help fill.

To get over fears of judgement

Finally, I’m very self conscious, I don’t like the idea of putting my thoughts out there and eople judging them. So this is as much about putting myself out of my confort zone as anything else.