The Ever Evolving Blog
I almost titled this post something along the lines of Rethinking the Rethinking of the Rethinking of My Blog. Fortunately, common sense won out and that didn't make the cut. But essentially that's what this is. Let's recap:
- I decided to move my personal blog away from Micro.blog.
- I chose Jekyll/Netlify as the destination.
- I made some further tweaks to that setup.
And now, I scrapped all of that and ended up on Bear.
But Why Another Switch?
I'm indecisive and tend to go all-in on ideas. The whole Jekyll thing was a fun experiment, but there are a lot of obstacles to overcome (maintenance, updates, git, the list goes on) to simply keep the blog going. It became apparent that I'd be spending way too much of my time on the backend. Since one of my goals was to simplify things, that just wasn't going to work.
What Now?
I'm familiar with Bear and have used it for different projects with different accounts over the years. Recently, I've seen others make a similar change, and I used that as inspiration. So Bear it is.
To begin, I imported posts that still get real traffic from older platforms. I setup the proper redirects, etc. Next, I wouldn't be me if I didn't go nuclear on the css. I used Mythos Theme for Micro.blog (I made that) as inspiration along with bits and pieces from elsewhere (such as Robert Birming's blog). Is it finished? No, of course not. It might never be. But at least I feel like I can breathe right now.
What's Next?
I might revisit incorporating Mastodon interactions directly into the site again, but I think I'll enjoy the simplicity for a while.