Another tired error-handling take. It ain't pretty but it works.

It is pretty and it can do pretty much exactly what Rust enums do if they learned basic idiomatic Go.. Rust is a cult at this point honestly.

Another one I have heard is "Jeff Dean's stare can fix bitrot"

Tireless promo works. 3 of the top 5 authors on this list tirelessly promotes themselves everywhere - not just in HN.

For some weird reason I thought this was about Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451.

Fitting to the times.

I removed all the bullshit social media icons and made sure that the rss icon is the first thing you notice on the landing page[1].

[1]: https://rednafi.com

With the lack of styling, I'm sorry to say I didn't notice the RSS icon at first at all. Adding the typical orange background to the icon would fix that.

Fair criticism. I'm trying to find a way to present that without being obnoxious.

I think you did just fine. The orange can be very obnoxious indeed, and just the icon is more than enough for people actually looking for it.

PS: I found out I was already subscribed to your feed.

Thanks for the sub :)

Yeah, the idea was that since RSS is still considered niche by the broader audience, those who are looking for it will probably find it just fine.

Maybe a rounded border? I agree it's too subtle as is.

Also, your Segal's Law link seems to have an encoding issue with the apostrophe.

Yeah rounded border seems like a good idea.

Also, weird, seems like I don't see the encoding issue on the segal's law.

For a personal site, I'd probably just do that. (My friends are generally savvy and principled enough not to do most social media, so no need for me to endorse it by syndicating there.)

But for a commercial marketing site that must be on the awful social media, I'm wondering about quietly supporting RSS/Atom without compromising the experience for the masses.

Fair. For commercial sites and pretty much anything you want more eyeballs on, you need to put them on the social media.

I've used Twitter to publish my thoughts for years. In the beginning, I'd write multiple threads to get my points across.

Then, when Twitter started supporting longer tweets, I started publishing essays and it got the job done.

But at the end of each year, it was really hard to trace all my posts and write reviews about them. That's exactly what brought me to POSSE. I've been maintaining my blog[1] since early 2020 and it feels really good to know that I own my stuff. Plus, over the years, it has opened up so many doors for me.

Too bad many of these walled-garden platforms have now started to demote posts if they contain external URLs. I'm battling that by posting the links as a comment to the original post, which contains a cover photo of the blog.

[1]: https://rednafi.com

It’s different for everyone. I love public speaking but tend not to over-rehearse. Also, I prefer smaller conferences and meetups than large sprawling ones.

The biggest question is, can they even pay for half of the deals they have been making?

People are reading human-generated text, blogs, and artisanal content more than ever before.

The whole point of consuming art is to appreciate the work that went into creating it. If something is generated without much effort, then what’s the point of looking at it?

Sure, LLMs can generate all the text and paintings in the world, but who’s knowingly consuming that? It’s garbage content, and people are already tired of this crap. That’s why I think writing blogs, poetry, and creating original work is more important than ever.