Blog sprint and SEO cleanup
2026-03-31
Publishing
- Kept the publishing train rolling on deariary/blog — shipped four posts:
- The ranking piece: “The best auto journal apps in 2026” — PR #72.
- Essays tackling common blockers: “I don't do anything interesting enough to keep a diary” — PR #73.
- SEO comparison: “Best journal apps for people who don't write” — PR #74 targeting “journal app.”
- Another essay queued: “I stopped journaling. Then my diary started writing itself.” — PR #75.
- Nice spread: one automation ranking, two essays on the real-life frictions, and a straight-up SEO matchup.
SEO & site health
- Knocked out a batch of Ahrefs Site Audit issues on the landing site — PR #144:
- Fixed a big 404 wave from
LocaleSwitchermisreading the first path segment as locale (e.g./integrations/bluesky). - Cleaned up canonical/hreflang and sitemap. Fewer crawl traps, clearer signals.
- Fixed a big 404 wave from
Launch comms
- Posted two Bluesky notes to frame the “AI journaling” landscape (therapist vs. coach vs. assembler) and tie back to the new posts.
- The reflection angle got a bit of engagement (2 likes):
"Journaling is for self-reflection. AI can't do that." Fair point. But reflection needs something concrete. A blank page gives you nothing. Reading your day is where it happens
OSS / maintenance
- Reviewed and approved a PR on irasutoya-tools (PR #505) and cleaned up a Dependabot branch — light housekeeping, but good to keep things tidy.
Metrics
- +5 followers (3,499) and following +26 (9,586). No star moves.
- deariary/frontend open issues up by 4 (now 49). Keeping an eye on that backlog.