Built for Exactly Oneby Amit GawandeAmit talks about what motivated him to build his custom blogging platform, Jot. It's an interesting read that resonated with me as it aligns with why I created Pure Blog.Read post ➡A month ago, this website moved to a custom engine that I built myself, one I call Jot. Why did I create it? Because I got tired of almost. Almost the right editor. Almost the right publishing flow. Almost the right feature set.-- Amit GawandePreach!This is exactly why I started building Pure Blog, but the difference here is that I decided to publish it for everyone to use. Before doing so, I considered many of the same questions that Amit talks about in his post - I was concerned that the project would morph into a product for everyone, not just me.Ironically, it's been exactly 5 months since I introduced Pure Blog and since then I've done a shit tonne of work to it. But that wasn't driven by the people who use it. It was driven, almost exclusively, by me. Lots of people have contributed to Pure Blog, but there's hasn't been a single feature I've added that I won't get use from.Actually, that's a lie. The only feature I've added that I wouldn't have if I'd kept Pure Blog private is translations. But I think that's fine, as it's the community who contribute those translations.Anyway, I digress. I'm happy to see other bloggers forging their own path - I'd love to get a look at Jot to see what it does differently to Pure Blog, and if there's anything I could copy improve upon. Maybe one day Amit will release the source code for us to look at, but if he doesn't, I don't blame him.As for my use of Pure Blog - it's by far the best thing I ever did from a blogging perspective. Everything is just how I want it, and in a place that makes sense to me. If others get use from it too (and they do) then all the better. But I'll keep developing Pure Blog in a way that makes sense to me.Congrats, Amit. Welcome to the club. Thanks for reading this post via RSS. RSS is ace, and so are you. ❤️ You can reply to this post by email, or leave a comment.