Where does the time go?

Well, it’s been two years.#

When I started this blogging venture, I thought it would be a good outlet to get some ideas out of my head and into a visible medium that would be easier than having a shelf full of scribbled-in notebooks. That was all fine and dandy when I had the initial motivation and drive to get the thing off the ground back when I started!

Unfortunately, the twinkle left my eyes when I started encountering all the roadblocks and kludged-up workarounds I convinced myself were necessary to draft and deploy my previous Urara-based website. The process of messing with it with each new iteration drained me in a way I didn’t fully realize at the time.

What brought you back?#

Over the summer, I had the bright idea to revisit this project and thought I would make it simpler for myself by breaking away from frameworks altogether! I’d seen some memes on r/ProgrammerHumor featuring ridiculously simple websites built with HTML, and one slightly fancier example using HTML and CSS. I laughed at them, enjoyed them, reflected on them, and ultimately decided that it would be neat to get back to this whole thing with fresh eyes and a leaner engine.

At that time, I had ChatGPT draft up a layout that would allow me to get back to this without all the JavaScript-heavy setup I thought was so neat when I first started this. I didn’t end up latching onto that implementation, but the idea didn’t go away. It ate at me like any unfinished business would. Months went by without any action until recently.

Some projects I had been putting off for the longest were finally seeing progress due to my willingness to sit down and dedicate time to putting Codex to the test. I spent three days and an entire week’s worth of my Codex allowance painstakingly transforming what used to be a SvelteKit-reliant monster into a much leaner Hugo and Python-powered outlet for my ideas.

What’s next?#

I want to get back to writing, even if my ideas are small or infrequent.

Doing something that I feel has meaning even if no one else sees it or appreciates it must have value.

I want to revisit some of my previous work and add editorial comments where things have become outdated. I also want to showcase some of the things I’ve enjoyed and found value in during my absence, along with whatever catches my interest moving forward.

No promises.#

I don’t know how long this revival drive will last. I don’t know when I will post next. I don’t know what I’m having for dinner. I don’t know anything, but I know I have ideas that I need to get out of my head.

Credits#

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