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A blog about everything by Jack Baty

Hace ya unos meses, no recuerdo cuantos, pero creo que debió ser en junio o julio, me recomendaron que hiciese escritura libre como métod...

For a while, I have been thinking about writing a post on reasons why you should write. Today, I reframed this idea into documenting the reasons why I write on this personal website. This newfound framing alleviated the mental block I had around this topic, giving way to my making a list in my notes document of the reasons why I write.

Personal websites are an opportunity to be uniquely you online. Your website can be designed in the way that you want. You can express and connect ideas in a way that is personally meaningful. You can create original content and reply to writing or art that you found thought-provoking. You can make: art, essays, blog posts, reflections, interactive experiences. All on the web.

It needs to be said again, perhaps this time more strongly. Your Blog is The ...

"«Creo que será más importante que nunca que #Mastodon y #Fediverso no sean operados centralmente desde los EE. UU., a diferencia de casi todas las demás plataformas de redes sociales que existen. » — Eugen Rochko, al hilo de la victoria de Donald Trump en las elecciones del martes 5 de noviembre de 2024."

In the early 2000s we netizens used to find things by hypertext. Sure, you’d go to web directories like Yahoo! to look for a starting point, usually based on a...

Hay gente que recurre a un psicólogo para superar una mala racha. Otros acuden a un coach que les ayude a descubrir sus fortalezas y debilidades. Yo sólo

Seguramente hayáis visto que Internet cada vez es más insufrible. Y cada vez es más complicado que no nos rastreen mientras navegamos. Y,...

This is a post about running your own streaming media server, and why you might want to do that. I will discuss some surface-level strategies for how you might go about it, and how you might source media to fill it with, but this is not a step-by-step guide. It’s a “why to”, rather than a “how to” So hop in, and let’s talk about streaming media in 2025, and what you can do to take back control.

Hace un tiempo escribí aquí sobre mi hiperfijación con los "Commonplace books". Estaba leyendo mucho sobre el tema y viendo muchos videos...

A pesar de estar elogiando los feeds RSS... resulta que este blog no ofrece uno.

This is the story of how Lady Gaga music influenced my morning espresso, resulting in joy, a bad coffee, reminiscence, and humble lessons learned.

John Voorhees writing about Arc’s latest escapades in MacStories Weekly: Issue 408 It’s that intermediate layer that makes me suspicious of Arc’s motives. The company is starting to feel like a wolf in sheep’s clothing, a browser with an interesting, playful design on the surface and

Loneliness in blogging isn’t always what it seems. Even when we don’t hear the claps or see the likes, there may still be a quiet audience out there, listening.

Sometimes I get asked by newcomers how one can become a developer like me - specifically, with a job and career like mine.

I spent my free time this last month to learn some personal finance and, specifically, how to do personal bookkeeping. I did this so that I can have a more complete view of all of my accounts and how I am spending money. I developed a good system that I think will work for me nicely now and is durable and robust enough to serve me for a long time.