/about the site

• Written and managed by Sajal Choudhary

/what do I write (not the structure)

• Things that I learned (the source could be anything from books to articles)
• My observations or experiences
• Book reviews (mini)
• Poems
• Stories
• Things I found interesting

/tech

• The site is hosted on Ghost, using the Source theme.
• Typography:
  • Noto Sans for body
  • Noto Serif for headlines

/tools

• I write in Obsidian
• I read on Net News Wire
• I copy-paste that in the Ghost editor, then slightly edit things as needed.

/history

I started blogging back in college (around 2012). I had a Blogger site for a while, but I don't think I posted anything there that was worth scavenging. I move to WordPress soon after that. Or, simultaneously. I used the default free version for a WordPress site for some time.

I purchased a .com domain at some time, when I wanted to take this seriously.

Then, I moved to a .net domain, which is where you are now.

But WordPress was slow. Or so I read everywhere. So, I moved to Ghost. First, a self-hosted version on AWS LightSail, using docker compose. But it was an effort to get everything working. There were challenges, mostly around getting email to work. I found myself spending too much time keeping things running, than doing the actual writing.

So in April, 2021 I moved to Ghost Pro. And have been on it ever since.

updated: 2nd January, 2025