From f124188226d5e71ed8722fc860c25c66102e3054 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: a <5014257-amaury1729@users.noreply.gitlab.com> Date: Thu, 23 Nov 2023 10:55:26 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] First blog post --- .gitignore | 13 +++++++++++ .gitmodules | 3 +++ config.toml | 10 ++++++++ content/_index.md | 9 ++++++++ content/post/write_as_you_are.md | 39 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ themes/xmin | 1 + 6 files changed, 75 insertions(+) create mode 100644 .gitignore create mode 100644 .gitmodules create mode 100644 config.toml create mode 100644 content/_index.md create mode 100644 content/post/write_as_you_are.md create mode 160000 themes/xmin diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore new file mode 100644 index 0000000..7b62a71 --- /dev/null +++ b/.gitignore @@ -0,0 +1,13 @@ +# Generated files by hugo +/public/ +/resources/_gen/ +/assets/jsconfig.json +hugo_stats.json + +# Executable may be added to repository +hugo.exe +hugo.darwin +hugo.linux + +# Temporary lock file while building +/.hugo_build.lock \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules new file mode 100644 index 0000000..92573c6 --- /dev/null +++ b/.gitmodules @@ -0,0 +1,3 @@ +[submodule "themes/xmin"] + path = themes/xmin + url = https://github.com/yihui/hugo-xmin.git diff --git a/config.toml b/config.toml new file mode 100644 index 0000000..2cb6305 --- /dev/null +++ b/config.toml @@ -0,0 +1,10 @@ +baseURL = 'http://example.org/' +languageCode = 'en-us' +title = "Amaury's Blog" +theme = 'xmin' + +[menu] +main = [{ name = "Home", url = "/", weight = 1 }] + +[params] +footer = "© Amaury 2023" diff --git a/content/_index.md b/content/_index.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..575f17f --- /dev/null +++ b/content/_index.md @@ -0,0 +1,9 @@ +--- +title: Home +--- + +# Amaury's Blog + +A blog where I try to find what I'm interested in. + +## Posts diff --git a/content/post/write_as_you_are.md b/content/post/write_as_you_are.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..6f5d920 --- /dev/null +++ b/content/post/write_as_you_are.md @@ -0,0 +1,39 @@ +--- +title: "Write as you are" +date: 2023-11-23T09:28:59+01:00 +draft: false +--- + +I started 2 blogs previously. I started each time with a general topic that I was interested in, then wrote articles related to said topic. Over time, I realized that I was less and less motivated to write, to a point where the experience became tedious and dreadful, and I was forcing myself to artificially find new ideas. Both blogs are now archived. + +This is my 3rd attempt at writing a blog. And I will try a different approach, a bottom-up one. I read Henrik Karlsson's [A blog post is a very long and complex search query [...]](https://www.henrikkarlsson.xyz/p/search-query), and it motivated me to start writing again, on new terms. + +Following below are my terms. + +## Write whenever, whatever I feel like + +The first change is that this blog doesn't have a clear topic. I'm currently interested in a bunch of topics, so I'll write about a bunch of topics. I think writing about aha moments should be a good start, as proposed by Henrik: + +> You ask yourself: What would have made me jump off my chair if I had read it six months ago (or a week ago, or however fast you write)? If you have figured out something that made you ecstatic, this is what you should write. + +Obviously, don't expect these ecstatic moments to happen at regular intervals. + +## Focus on writing, not on being read + +The author continues by saying that my blog will probably be boring to a huge majority of the internet. + +> You will write essays that almost no one likes... Luckily, almost no one multiplied by the entire population of the internet is plenty if you can only find them. + +While I totally welcome meaningful relationships created on the internet with random strangers that share my unique set of interests, and I'm happy the author managed to forge some, I also have even lower expectations than him. I'm hoping that just _forming the words_ helps me shape myself, regardless of whether it involves other people. + +## Change my "mental audience" + +In my previous blogs, I noticed I was aiming to reach a broad audience. Probably I thought that it would result in my blog getting popular. In the writing process, since this imaginary audience didn't have all the context, I would try to explain myself a lot. It resulted in the essays being long, shallow, and/or generic. + +> If you, like me, have been stuck writing and it’s slow and ends up bland, I can recommend just changing the mental “audience”. Just assume you’re talking to someone who really gets you – perhaps your younger self or a nerdy friend. Don’t be defensive, trying to convince a hypothetical, hyper-intelligent skeptic. - [HN commenter](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38140716) + +This time, I'll just write the exact words that go through my mind, with little context-setting. My audience will be my own self 6 months ago, as proposed by Henrik: + +> And you do not dumb it down, because you were not stupid six months ago, you just knew less. + +Let's see how this goes. diff --git a/themes/xmin b/themes/xmin new file mode 160000 index 0000000..7d49f2c --- /dev/null +++ b/themes/xmin @@ -0,0 +1 @@ +Subproject commit 7d49f2c4d7d460bb351c563587f50beb514996ad