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Patrick Hannah
Patrick Hannah

Posted on • Originally published at ronin48llc.github.io

First Post

I want to get back into writing (okay, blogging), but the challenge I've always had is never having a permanent home for it. Self host? Use a platform? What about ownership? Future paywalls?

I used my AI friends to help get to a conclusion - host it on GitHub. No different than Code and I alone determine how my intellectual property is used and by who. The problem is, the workflow around publishing to GitHub, and writing in Markdown puts me back into a spot I was in previously.

The other issue is reach - how can I use friendlier platforms (ideally ones with APIs and are geared towards the community of developers) to syndicate my writing elsewhere?

I've been using Kira A LOT, nothing (recently, at least) has made it to the Internet, so this is the first. I used Kiro to help me create a browser based (albeit local) "application" that handles the editorial lifecycle of content drafted, reviewed and published by a singular person (so no sharing, RBAC, etc.) with a heavy focus on the publishing workflow and syndication.

After about a dozen tests (I see Twitter, I mean X is still desparate for money and posting through an API is nowhere near free), I am able to post to GitHub, Dev.to, Hashnode and a link from "Linked" In to the GitHub based Blog. Twitter sure would be nice, as would the AWS developer community portal (hint hint). Medium and Substack seem to be less than intersted in API-based posting, and based on some of Medium's practices in the past, I am less interested in posting there (Substack is still promising, though).

Perhaps in the future I'll cross post to Slack, eh?

Anyway, this is the first test post I won't delete, and I'm proud that it cost me zero hard dollars and about a day or so to incept, iterate and begin using.

Patrick

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