Why start a blog now

I’ve lost count of the times I’ve solved a problem, moved on, and then hit the same problem six months later with no memory of how I fixed it the first time.

That’s the practical reason for this blog: a place to write things down properly. The other reason is that most of what I’ve learned came from other people writing things down — blog posts, issue threads, someone’s half-finished notes on a Friday afternoon. This is my way of paying some of that back.

So expect honest notes rather than polished tutorials. Some posts will be about tools and techniques. Others will be about the less technical side of the job — the parts that are hard for reasons that have nothing to do with YAML.