Hello World!
This is it - the first post on my brand new blog. To be fair, I have tried blogs before and they
did not go well. Twice, to be exact, and both times they failed because they had a narrow focus and I ran out of content to post in that area. This time… the focus is much wider; it can be summed up as "whatever interests me".
Apart from that, there is one big difference between previous attempts and this one: In the past, while I was writing the content, I was using existing platforms and content management systems. This time, I made it all myself - the frontend, the backend, the database, it's all mine. And it is a work in progress - I wanted it to go live before the end of 2023 so I could use it for my participation in the 2024 Character Creation Challenge starts on the 1st of January - more on that soon. If you read this early on, you may notice that the page is still a bit rough around the edges - mobile support is limited, there is no option to create accounts or log in yet (I mean, there is, but it's a bit hidden and won't allow you to do much of anything, but if someone wants to find it and have bragging rights for having signed up before they were meant to, that's cool). And there are no comments and no way to sort posts yet. All of those are meant to be implemented soon - comments and account management within a few days, categorization of posts and better mobile support a little later. But for now… It's Alive!
Published at NZDT