Blog Question Challenge 2025

I felt like also giving a go at this challenge. The replies I read at other peoples’ blog were very interesting, thank you all for sharing your life <3

Why did you start blogging?

I enjoy sharing knowledge. I think it runs in the family, as both of my parents are teachers. Also I enjoy connecting with people online. I’ve been living on the Internet since forever, and all that time I enjoyed not only ingesting media, but also contributing to it. Internet forums were the first place. Then it was the time of the centralized massive platforms. And now as the Internet is becoming a place both too centralized and too hostile, I went to my own platform on my own terms.

And this XKCD feels very close to me.

What platform are you using for your blog, and why?

As I said in the previous question, I moved to selfhosting to be free from centralized, commercial platforms on which you are just the product, lead by an impenetrable algorithm. I prefer the small, “indie” web. This blog is made using Astro, a static site generating framework, and I have used a ready-made template to start. The HTML is hosted on a VPS I am renting, and I am serving it using nginx. A very simple tech stack, but thanks to its simplicity it can handle a lot of traffic with very little means. Mastodon requests flooding does not really register on the load scale.

Have you blogged on other platforms before?

Yes, I used to have a personal/photography blog on Wordpress, but it went into an indefinite hiatus many years ago.

How do you write your posts?

Mostly in VSCode, but recently I started moving to nvim, as it provides a much cleaner and less distracting environment.

When do you feel most inspired to write?

When I learn a new skill, or I create something new. Or when I am reminded of something that I used to be very much into, and I feel like sharing that history. So in short: whenever inspiration strikes :)

Do you normally publish immediately after writing, or do you let it simmer a bit?

Depends on the type of the post. If it more like musings, or talking about feelings or memories, I usually publish it at once, only after a second read. If it is more technical, tutorial-like, then I spend more time polishing it, re-reading after some with a fresh mind, doing corrections.

What’s your favourite post on your blog?

I would say those two:

Reducing Raspberry Pi Pico W power consumption and a second attempt at using solar panels

The Space Shuttle - how I remember it

The first one because I put a lof of effort into the project, the testing and I was very happy of the outcome. And it reminds me of long summer days.

The second one because it is very personal and I talk there about something that has been an important thing for me for a significant period of my life.

Also those two posts show the spectrum of my writing, from personal “memoirs”, to technical/DIY tutorials.

Any future plans for the blog?

For this one nothing specific. I am thinking of starting another blog, in Polish, that will be much less technical, tackling subjects that are local to me, more personal, things that would not work for a global audience. I still cannot decide on its name, though.