Why build this blog?

This is a framing post. There is no code change associated with it.

The actual question

• What problem am I trying to solve for myself by writing?
• What kind of writing has helped me think well over time?
• What does “durable” publishing mean in practice?

Why a custom blog (instead of Substack / Medium / Ghost)

• What I gain by owning the system (and what I’m accepting as overhead)
• What I lose by not outsourcing everything to a platform

Constraints I’m choosing on purpose

• Content first, chrome later
• Low maintenance, high clarity
• Explicit decisions over clever abstractions

What to expect from this series

• One PR = one post (after the framing posts)
• Readers can move between post → PR → diff
• The repo stays the source of truth