I started thinking about writing many years ago and tried to build a platform for writing. In the end, I gave up because after building the platform, I would need to maintain it to prevent losing it, which seemed troublesome.
Tonight, I unexpectedly came across xLog, a writing platform deployed on the blockchain. I had considered writing some diaries on Mirror before, but during my trial with Mirror, I found many bugs in the product. Driven by my perfectionism, I ended up with no output. Another point is that Mirror has a heavy "crypto" flavor and lacks a "social" taste. It seems that writing non-crypto content doesn't fit well with this platform. With these motivations, I gave up using Mirror to write articles.
Blockchain is a great creation that can preserve the spark of human civilization, including the words I am writing now, which will permanently exist on xLog. Thinking about this, it ignites my desire to write.
Content to write#
Don't take it too seriously, just write whatever comes to mind. It's always good to record sudden thoughts. In 10 or 20 years, when I look back, I will have articles left on the blockchain, serving as memories.
Maybe what I write can be considered as an essay, but I'm not sure if the term "essay" sounds too formal. It could be seen as a public diary.
Writing doesn't require too many barriers, at least that's how I feel. It's like the right to speak, write whatever comes to mind. But there are some general boundaries, such as my understanding of life, what has happened to me in recent years, daily trivialities, and emotional changes.
I feel like I might record some changes in my mindset as a developer in recent years, or maybe I will sort out what I am going to do in the uncertain future, or share the shallow views of a crypto newbie who has been involved for less than two years, or my thoughts on human relationships this year. Many ideas always come out unintentionally at night.
I am very grateful to my current company, NEAR Protocol. It can be considered as gratitude towards Web3, as it has given me more of my own time. I am a very sensitive sleeper, and my previous job was my first job, writing code at Aftership. Because of sleep issues, I often had to drink a lot of coffee to regulate my state, as I was most efficient in writing code in the afternoon and evening.
(It's not that Aftership is not good, but comparing it with my current job, web2 companies have a unique sense of catching up, making it difficult for you to have your own time to do something that greatly improves yourself or take a break.)
At NEAR, at least I have time to think about what I should do next. Should I write? Maintain open source projects? Work on my own side project? I feel like I can do all of these here. So, I feel very grateful for this job, and if nothing unexpected happens, I want to work here for a few more years.
It is precisely because of my current job that I have free time to study code, write, date, and do many things to enrich myself. I will write about these things slowly in the future.
Just like chatting#
Writing is just like chatting, expressing current feelings. I didn't realize I had written so much.
It's good to talk more. Otherwise, I might lose my language skills.