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@@ -5734,6 +5734,78 @@ Next time you're working on your project, give ~direnv~ a try. It will change
 the way you work for the better, I hope.
 
 Happy Hacking !
+
+*** DONE What 2025 blog question challenge ? :challenge:qa:questions:answers:
+:PROPERTIES:
+:EXPORT_HUGO_LASTMOD: 2025-02-20
+:EXPORT_DATE: 2025-02-20
+:EXPORT_FILE_NAME: what-2025-blog-question-challenge
+:CUSTOM_ID: what-2025-blog-question-challenge
+:END:
+
+A few weeks ago, [[https://janusworx.com][Jason]] sneakily slipped me a link to a [[https://janusworx.com/work/blog-questions-challenge-2025/][blog post]] of his. He
+knows that I /already/ subscribe to his blog but you cannot be as wise without
+meddling with the forces of nature. Well, long story short, his meddling worked
+so... here we go ?
+
+**** Why did you make the blog in the first place?
+#+hugo: more
+
+I, honestly, cannot remember why I made it in the first place but it was a long
+time ago. I do remember that my first post was about the /plugin/ I wrote for
+~weechat~. After that, I sort of wrote on things I was playing around with. I
+said it before, it's how I learn. Maybe the difference is that I dig deeper,
+beyond the surface. It's fun, I get to document it for myself because believe it
+or not, I do come back to the blog for refreshers. It also comes handy cause I
+can simply send someone a link that explains a topic in more details.
+
+**** What platform are you using to manage your blog and why did you choose it?
+
+I use /Hugo/ to generate this blog and if you know where to look, it is /open
+source/. The answer to why is a bit more complicated but to simplify it, I
+prefer a static blog over CRMs. /Hugo/ is quick and I have it integrated with
+/Emacs/ where I write my /posts/ in ~org~. The generation, packaging and
+deployment is all automated.
+
+**** Have you blogged on other platforms before?
+
+This blog started its life on /WordPress/. I was never quite happy with the
+performance for such a simple blog. It was then migrated to /Joomla/. That phase
+did not last long because once I learned about static blog generators, the blog
+was migrated to /Nikola/ quickly. My /Nikola/ setup was quite elaborate and I
+wanted to simplify it, for one, and to make it faster. I checked /Hugo/ out and
+liked it but migrating from ~rst~ was a pain. ~Orgmode~ helped a lot with the
+migration but after a long journey, here we are running on /Hugo/.
+
+**** How do you write your posts?
+
+The whole blog is one ~org~ file. I open it with /Emacs/ and add a new section
+under the relevant =Tag=. Once I save, /Emacs/ generates the /Markdown/ file,
+somewhere. I don't have to care about its management in most cases. I can, then,
+generate and run my blog locally with /Hugo/. Once I'm happy with the result, I
+/commit/ and /push/. The pipeline takes care of the rest, once all the magic is
+done successfully, I deploy with a manual confirmation step.
+
+**** When do you feel most inspired to write?
+
+I don't know if that question applies to my case. I don't even know if I do. It
+takes a lot of time and effort to write these posts. Documentation is *very*
+hard, ask any developer. I'm not sure inspiration is a requirement, hard work is.
+
+**** Do you publish immediately after writing or do you let it simmer a bit as a draft?
+
+I publish immediately. I mean the post has already took a few hours to write...
+If I find a mistake in the future, I correct it and fix the timestamp of edit.
+
+**** Your favorite post on your blog?
+
+I don't have a favorite post. I know a few that I share frequently, though.
+
+**** Any future plans for your blog? Maybe a redesign, changing the tag system, etc.?
+
+I don't believe so. Nothing visible to the user, but the infrastructure is
+always moving.
+
 ** Monitoring :@monitoring:
 *** DONE Simple cron monitoring with HealthChecks :healthchecks:cron:
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content/posts/what-2025-blog-question-challenge.md

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+title = "What 2025 blog question challenge ?"
+author = ["Elia el Lazkani"]
+date = 2025-02-20
+lastmod = 2025-02-20
+tags = ["challenge", "qa", "questions", "answers"]
+categories = ["misc"]
+draft = false
++++
+
+A few weeks ago, [Jason](https://janusworx.com) sneakily slipped me a link to a [blog post](https://janusworx.com/work/blog-questions-challenge-2025/) of his. He
+knows that I _already_ subscribe to his blog but you cannot be as wise without
+meddling with the forces of nature. Well, long story short, his meddling worked
+so... here we go ?
+
+
+## Why did you make the blog in the first place? {#why-did-you-make-the-blog-in-the-first-place}
+
+<!--more-->
+
+I, honestly, cannot remember why I made it in the first place but it was a long
+time ago. I do remember that my first post was about the _plugin_ I wrote for
+`weechat`. After that, I sort of wrote on things I was playing around with. I
+said it before, it's how I learn. Maybe the difference is that I dig deeper,
+beyond the surface. It's fun, I get to document it for myself because believe it
+or not, I do come back to the blog for refreshers. It also comes handy cause I
+can simply send someone a link that explains a topic in more details.
+
+
+## What platform are you using to manage your blog and why did you choose it? {#what-platform-are-you-using-to-manage-your-blog-and-why-did-you-choose-it}
+
+I use _Hugo_ to generate this blog and if you know where to look, it is _open
+source_. The answer to why is a bit more complicated but to simplify it, I
+prefer a static blog over CRMs. _Hugo_ is quick and I have it integrated with
+_Emacs_ where I write my _posts_ in `org`. The generation, packaging and
+deployment is all automated.
+
+
+## Have you blogged on other platforms before? {#have-you-blogged-on-other-platforms-before}
+
+This blog started its life on _WordPress_. I was never quite happy with the
+performance for such a simple blog. It was then migrated to _Joomla_. That phase
+did not last long because once I learned about static blog generators, the blog
+was migrated to _Nikola_ quickly. My _Nikola_ setup was quite elaborate and I
+wanted to simplify it, for one, and to make it faster. I checked _Hugo_ out and
+liked it but migrating from `rst` was a pain. `Orgmode` helped a lot with the
+migration but after a long journey, here we are running on _Hugo_.
+
+
+## How do you write your posts? {#how-do-you-write-your-posts}
+
+The whole blog is one `org` file. I open it with _Emacs_ and add a new section
+under the relevant `Tag`. Once I save, _Emacs_ generates the _Markdown_ file,
+somewhere. I don't have to care about its management in most cases. I can, then,
+generate and run my blog locally with _Hugo_. Once I'm happy with the result, I
+_commit_ and _push_. The pipeline takes care of the rest, once all the magic is
+done successfully, I deploy with a manual confirmation step.
+
+
+## When do you feel most inspired to write? {#when-do-you-feel-most-inspired-to-write}
+
+I don't know if that question applies to my case. I don't even know if I do. It
+takes a lot of time and effort to write these posts. Documentation is **very**
+hard, ask any developer. I'm not sure inspiration is a requirement, hard work is.
+
+
+## Do you publish immediately after writing or do you let it simmer a bit as a draft? {#do-you-publish-immediately-after-writing-or-do-you-let-it-simmer-a-bit-as-a-draft}
+
+I publish immediately. I mean the post has already took a few hours to write...
+If I find a mistake in the future, I correct it and fix the timestamp of edit.
+
+
+## Your favorite post on your blog? {#your-favorite-post-on-your-blog}
+
+I don't have a favorite post. I know a few that I share frequently, though.
+
+
+## Any future plans for your blog? Maybe a redesign, changing the tag system, etc.? {#any-future-plans-for-your-blog-maybe-a-redesign-changing-the-tag-system-etc-dot}
+
+I don't believe so. Nothing visible to the user, but the infrastructure is
+always moving.