During those 4 years I’ve written over 90 posts, received over 1 million clicks, a dozen legitimate reader e-mails and thousands of spam e-mails

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During those 4 years I’ve written over 90 posts, received over 1 million clicks, a dozen legitimate reader e-mails and thousands of spam e-mails.

I’m a software developer by trade. However, some might find it surprising that I actually write very little code in my free time.

Instead, I play around with computer hardware, self-host some services on my machines, and make stupid experiments that often result in interesting findings.

I write because other people find my posts useful. I’ve learned that some of my posts have been really useful to people who’ve faced similar problems in the past or who want to learn more about a relatively obscure piece of hardware. Tools like Marginalia search, Google Search Console and goaccess have been great sources for finding where my content has been referenced.

Seeing my work out there helping people gives me an immense sense of accomplishment and motivates me to write about the challenges I face. It really does mean a lot to me. It’s not quite on the level of Jeff Geerling and the work that he has published, but perhaps I’ll get there one day.