Uploaded April 2023 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
My journaling adventure continues. I make the argument for keeping a daily personal and professional journal with a vi-like editor, and keeping it as one single text file for life. Despite my liking to keep it a single file, it'll split at least between personal and professional. The public one provides you with your own personal database from which you can "transform" websites into existence through such static site generator (SSG) like Github Pages, which is Jekyll, which is the Liquid template system in turn. It's easier than it all sounds, and a great way to leverage what personal journaling you do that you feel so inspired as to publish. Sometimes we call it blogging, but I think that implies too much responsibility or something. I like to just think of it as journaling, and very freeform at that. Join me.
My journaling adventure continues. I make the argument for keeping a daily personal and professional journal with a vi-like editor, and keeping it as one single text file for life. Despite my liking to keep it a single file, it'll split at least between personal and professional. The public one provides you with your own personal database from which you can "transform" websites into existence through such static site generator (SSG) like Github Pages, which is Jekyll, which is the Liquid template system in turn. It's easier than it all sounds, and a great way to leverage what personal journaling you do that you feel so inspired as to publish. Sometimes we call it blogging, but I think that implies too much responsibility or something. I like to just think of it as journaling, and very freeform at that. Join me.
