I’m giving up on Bloggi.* Even though I could have done a better job at marketing, I don’t feel like there is enough pull from the market for it to grow substantially. At $251 MRR, two years after its launch, it’s hard to imagine it ever reaching $5k, $2k, or even $1k of MRR. ...

I can finally say that this site is powered by Bloggi (and I’m writing these words in it). More specifically, it is powered by the new Bloggi API, Next.js, and Vercel. Last year, when I first announced I was building new blogging platform, I wrote: Later, I’ll add more advance...

Originally published on the Bloggi Blog. Bloggi turns three months today. To celebrate, here’s the full story of how I built it—from idea to launch to where it’s at today, including all the numbers, lessons learned, and what’s next. The idea It started as a small idea, some...

I had a small idea when I started to build this blog. I built it using Jekyll—a static site generator. I write my posts in iA Writer, using Markdown for formatting. Then Jekyll takes care of converting them into HTML pages, which I push to the site’s GitHub repository, which ...

I had an ideal job. I worked remotely and on my own hours. I had a good salary. I had friendly and smart teammates. And I learned a ton about building software and working on a team—especially coming from working on my own for most of my career. Still—after more than three ye...

I’ve been thinking about starting a personal blog for years now, but I always doubted myself. Why would anyone want to read what I write? Why write at all? Over time I’ve seen enough evidence to convince myself that the benefits of writing far outweigh any doubts I might have...