Has It Been Two Years Already?

Yes, apparently so! I’m still flabbergasted, but dates don’t lie, do they? It has been two years since the start of this digital garden, formerly a blog, all the way back to my first post in March 2023. Wild!

This website changed a lot during those years, so much so it is unrecognizable from its first design back when I was very inexperienced and didn’t know what the heck I was doing most of the time.

But even so, I wouldn’t trade my time spent messing around with my _config.yml or any of the many configuration files that make this site possible. This whole experience has been a huge boon in learning the ropes, but also being hands-on has helped me learn things I would’ve never learned from reading docs, guides, and such.

Not only was this site a gateway to learning web development, it also helped me start writing in general again. After all, those posts won’t write themselves. Now it is an ingrained habit; after all, I need to keep up with my monthly quota.

I’m also slowly getting back to writing fiction again! That wouldn’t have been possible at all if I hadn’t exercised those muscles again.

All in all, this site has been instrumental for me. I had three major reasons why I started this site. As mentioned earlier, two of them were learning web development and improving my writing. My last reason was to have a place on the web of my very own—not dependent on any platform, a place where I know my content will stay up as much as I want it to.

Needless to say, I love my little corner of the web. It is a piece of myself I hold dearly and probably one of the best ongoing projects I ever started!

Before I go, I want to thank you all for reading and following this website! It means a lot to me. I started this mostly for myself, but seeing other people read my stuff has been eye-opening! I never expected for this site to get much of any following at all, but the analytics don’t lie, do they? (Unless they’re bots. Don’t think I don’t see you guys there lurking around scraping data.)

But really, thank you all! Your support means a lot to me.

See you next time!