I think this is an important “feature” but find that people either get or don’t. When I describe how cool it is that the version and history of a post is included in git and therefore reliable, I get sort of pleasant nods. But then people will fixate on having bullet lists in tables or something and give up on markdown.
Not that blog posts are life changing or anything, but having a format that’s durable and reliable seems important.
I lost my blog from college back in 95 when I got my first job and didn’t think to archive my shell account. I wish I had, even as a memento.
One thing I think that factors into it is that age is kind of nice for slowly removing stuff that’s not used from existence. Posts from 20 years ago might not be good to keep around if no one is reading them. No the gradual degradation that comes naturally from new phones, computers, hosts, jobs might be a feature for some people who don’t necessarily want everything around forever.
Not that blog posts are life changing or anything, but having a format that’s durable and reliable seems important.
I lost my blog from college back in 95 when I got my first job and didn’t think to archive my shell account. I wish I had, even as a memento.
One thing I think that factors into it is that age is kind of nice for slowly removing stuff that’s not used from existence. Posts from 20 years ago might not be good to keep around if no one is reading them. No the gradual degradation that comes naturally from new phones, computers, hosts, jobs might be a feature for some people who don’t necessarily want everything around forever.