Three essays and a landing refactor
2026-04-20
Writing & SEO
- Pushed three new pieces to the blog — content-heavy day that actually felt coherent:
- Integration deep-dive: Linear integration deep-dive targeting
linear journal(90/mo, +57%). Framed around the idea that comments are the richest signal, with project updates as the narrative spine. - Provocation: Five Minute Journal hidden costs targeting
five minute journal(6,600/mo, -46%).the five-minute pitch hides costs beyond time (decision load, curation bias, streak guilt) Pairs with the existing 5M…
- Evidence essay: Proust’s madeleine piece (targets
proust madeleineat 4,400/mo). Argues he nailed involuntary memory as a category but was too narrow about “sensory accidents.”
- Integration deep-dive: Linear integration deep-dive targeting
Site polish
- Landing pass: Aligned the LP layout to the design handoff while keeping Astro, i18n, and SEO wiring intact. Quick reshape, no infra drama.
Misc
- Started watching nix-community/tree-sitter-nix to keep an eye on parsing/AST tooling.
- Linear was quiet — no tickets or updates.
- Metrics blip: +1 follower, +1 following. Otherwise steady.