In the early 2000s, the web was full of weird, handcrafted personal websites. People built pages using table layouts, custom CSS, and posted about niche hobbies without caring about engagement algorithms or follower counts.
Then came the centralized platforms. We traded our personal domains for profile pages, feeds, and algorithmic recommendations.
Why Personal Blogs Are Coming Back
- **Ownership:** You control your content, design, and URI structure.
- **No Algorithm:** Visitors find your blog because they want to read what you wrote, not because a black-box model pushed it to their feed.
- **Creative Freedom:** You can publish long-form essays, short status updates, photo galleries, or code snippets without adhering to a platform's arbitrary character limits.
`snitch.dog` is my small contribution to keeping the personal web alive.