[{"content":"I wrote my first line of HTML in 2016. Now it\u0026rsquo;s 2026 — almost 2027. In all that time, I never made a real website.\nThat\u0026rsquo;s not entirely true. I do this professionally now. But I tried to make a blog 6 times before this, and it always went like this:\nGot the impulse. Spent a few days making it, getting it deployed and everything. Claimed \u0026ldquo;I\u0026rsquo;ll write a post for this one day.\u0026rdquo; Months went by\u0026hellip; the site gathered dust. A year went by\u0026hellip; \u0026ldquo;I don\u0026rsquo;t like it anymore\u0026hellip; I\u0026rsquo;ll rewrite it\u0026hellip; just one more time\u0026hellip;\u0026rdquo; That\u0026rsquo;s probably my biggest flaw. Getting 80% of the way there, not following through, and then wanting to start over\u0026hellip;\nSo this time, I\u0026rsquo;m starting with the post. The thing that\u0026rsquo;s tormented me for a decade.\nI don\u0026rsquo;t care what the site looks like. I don\u0026rsquo;t care if integrates with the GitHub API. I don\u0026rsquo;t care if it\u0026rsquo;s dull.\nIt just needs to work. It just needs to be good enough for me to not toil in this cycle anymore.\nWe\u0026rsquo;ll see if this is that site\u0026hellip;\n","permalink":"https://voelk.io/posts/my-first-post/","summary":"\u003cp\u003eI wrote my first line of HTML in 2016. Now it\u0026rsquo;s 2026 — almost 2027. In all that\ntime, I never made a real website.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThat\u0026rsquo;s not entirely true. I do this professionally now. But I tried to make a blog\n6 times before this, and it always went like this:\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGot the impulse.\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSpent a few days making it, getting it deployed and everything.\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eClaimed \u0026ldquo;I\u0026rsquo;ll write a post for this one day.\u0026rdquo;\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMonths went by\u0026hellip; the site gathered dust.\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA year went by\u0026hellip; \u0026ldquo;I don\u0026rsquo;t like it anymore\u0026hellip; I\u0026rsquo;ll rewrite it\u0026hellip; just one more time\u0026hellip;\u0026rdquo;\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ol\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThat\u0026rsquo;s probably my biggest flaw. Getting 80% of the way there, not following\nthrough, and then wanting to start over\u0026hellip;\u003c/p\u003e","title":"Years in the Making"}]