Five Changes I'd Like To Make On My Blog
03 Mar 2026 #miscTo keep myself accountable, here’s a list of changes I’d like to make on my blog:
#1. New About copy. I still have the one from the days I was looking for a full-time job as a coder. That’s not the case anymore. These days, I’m a digital writer with a part-time coding job.
#2. More recent “Start Here.” The “Start Here,” on my About, dates back to my full-time coding days, with only tutorials. Google and AI have killed tutorials. And I’m not writing as many coding tutorials anymore.
With metrics from other platforms, I follow POSSE, it’s time to update it with my most liked content.
#3. New tags. This started as a coding blog. Five years ago, my first post was a coding tutorial. Over time, it became my small corner, where I write about almost anything.
In 2024, when I started my daily writing challenge, I created a /misc tag. But, naturally some patterns have arisen,
- Health
- Experiments
- Book writing
- Random thoughts
- Personal development
#4. Book page. On the left sidebar, I feature my projects and open source contributions. It’s time to feature my books instead.
In the last year, I updated Start Testing and launched Street-Smart Coding. And I’m about to finish another book experiment.
#5. On this date widget. Sometimes I’ve written “On This Date” posts, like this one and this one. I write about the posts from past years written on the same date. I’d like to create a small widget to automate that. Under every post show 2 posts from previous and following years.
That’s one of the best parts of having a blog: you can tweak it however you want. Try beating that, social platforms!
Update (Mar 2026): Here are the changes I’ve made so far:
- I updated the Start here section on my about.
- I created these tags: wellness, self growth, book writing, experiments.
- I wrote a books page