A few years ago I spent a weekend converting my static blog into a Drupal 8 site which I chose to host on Amazon Web Services. Last weekend, I spent a few hours migrating my site to Platform.sh...
Upon the relaunch of my site, I decided to go with no comments. It is not a mistake that they are not here.
Social media and comment systems are ruining the internet. There was a time when they added value and discussion, but mostly it has all devolved into attacks, hate, flame wars...
There comes a point in every programmers career where they must make the decision to change up their career or face burnout, skill rot, boredom, and fatigue. I call them the four horsemen of programming, and I faced them all. I always stubbornly found a way around them or fought through it for...