Digital Garden

Getting Started

Getting Started

How my linked notes garden works on this site - atomic claims, wikilinks, and a public graph.

Graph

Graph

Force-directed map of how my notes link to each other.

Advantages of Digital Gardens

Advantages of Digital Gardens

A digital garden grows in public - messy, linked, alive. Here's why I prefer that over polishing every thought into a finished essay.

Associative Linking

Associative Linking

Folders sort. Links think. Here's how I use associative linking so notes meet each other without me remembering every filename.

Digital Garden

Digital Garden

My digital garden is a personal site where notes grow in public - linked, imperfect, alive.

Drafting in Public

Drafting in Public

I publish rough ideas before they're finished. Drafting in public keeps me honest and makes the garden grow.

The Garage Concept

The Garage Concept

The garage holds tools, scraps, experiments. The showroom is the blog. I don't confuse the two.

HugoPlate: The Theme Quietly Powering This Site

HugoPlate: The Theme Quietly Powering This Site

After losing half a Saturday to theme-shopping, I picked HugoPlate - and a year and change later, I'm still on it. Here's what comes in the box, what I changed, and where it still bites.

How I Built JoRap Notes: My Journey from Expensive Hosting to Free (and Better!)

How I Built JoRap Notes: My Journey from Expensive Hosting to Free (and Better!)

I lost my old PHP hosting (and a chunk of my work with it). A weekend of fumbling later, I landed on Hugo + GitHub + Cloudflare Pages - free, faster, and honestly better than what I was paying for.

Top Reasons to Create and Maintain Your Own Website

Top Reasons to Create and Maintain Your Own Website

Every time I tell someone I run my own website, they ask why I don't just post on Facebook. After years of watching platforms die and rules change, here's why I keep my own corner of the internet.

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