This is a small companion post to my Ghost on Fly tutorials, covering how to keep your site backed up.
The normal way to backup a Ghost site hosted on a VPS is
…
»
A caveat before we get started: this essay will hopefully apply to people at least vaguely like me; it may not apply to people from different cultural backgrounds.
These days swearing seems almost
…
»
To get the year off on the right foot, we have a newsletter exclusively featuring brief philosophical essays on living well. In-depth, nerdy essays & technical articles will resume in the next issue.
…
»
I like to get things done fast.
I’ve gradually learned, however, that trying to get things done fast can be self-defeating. There’s a balance. If I work too fast, I make
…
»
First presented to friends and family on New Year's Eve, 2022
When I was young, people would often tell me how lucky I was. I agreed with them, but wasn’t
…
»
How is it that people can be irritating, without doing anything? Much of the day I have spent being irritated at people for the most ridiculous reasons: the sounds people make — slurping, breathing
…
»
A mere month after our last newsletter, we have three new posts of varying excellent quality for you.
We have an in-depth article about ethical affiliate marketing (we tried to avoid doing too
…
»
My brother expects everyone to be nice. I expect everyone is out to get me. Surprising no one, it seems like everyone my brother meets is nice, and everyone I meet is out
…
»
There aren’t many good ways to monetize a blog. Ads degrade the reader’s experience; membership paywalls restrict reach; sponsorships restrict freedom. Affiliate links have the potential to be a non-destructive monetization
…
»
Following on from my previous two posts on the topic, here are some additional things I’ve learned running this blog for free on Fly:
1.
You can survive a HackerNews traffic spike,
…
»
This newsletter might look a bit different: we have migrated our blog & newsletter platform into the 21st century. We hope it still works.
We have some new handcrafted blogposts for you.
First
…
»
This newsletter might look a bit different: we have migrated our blog & newsletter platform into the 21st century. We hope it still works.
We have some new handcrafted blogposts for you.
First
…
»
It’s unlikely, but it’s possible. That’s the beautiful thing about writing on the internet.
I have no idea who you are. You might be the Queen of Denmark. You might
…
»
We all have data that we need to store, and then find. Regardless of type, data tends to build up. Eventually, we need some system for organizing it into sensible categories.
It turns
…
»
[Members only post] I rarely comment on the internet, even though I often have things I want to say, and would like to contribute to the communities I lurk in.
…
»
