About
I think there are some great blogs out there where people just share what they’re working on, thinking about, and what they’ve discovered. I have written many half-finished drafts and notes on many topics over the years, but I never got around to publishing. After about two decades of mucking around with software and technical leadership as both a happy hobbyist and hardcore professional, I want to change that and do more thinking and sharing in the open. Partly because I want to share more, partly because I’ve been told how much seeing how I work through problems has helped people, and partly because I’m planning to build a product and hope to benefit from y’alls feedback and suggestions by doing more of the work in the open.
How I’m organizing things here
I’ve been thinking about different ways to share what I’m learning. Not everything needs to be a full blog post, so I’m experimenting with different formats:
TIL: Things I learned (not necessarily today) that I want to remember and might help others. Quick discoveries from debugging sessions, neat tricks, useful commands.
crumb: Breadcrumbs. Half-finished thoughts, notes to future me, questions I’m mulling over. These might grow into something bigger or just stay as markers along the way.
link: Things I found useful and want to find again. I’ll try to add context about why I’m saving it.
blog: The longer pieces where I’ve worked through something more completely. Still thinking out loud, just… more of it.
This structure helps me share more frequently without waiting for perfect, polished thoughts. Let’s see how it evolves.