Why 47nil

I received an email from a reader asking a simple question that, well, turns out to be simple to answer yet not so simple at the same time. He asked: Why did you create 47nil?

The short answer is that I wanted a place where I could dump my own ideas, thoughts, and rants. Writing whatever is in my head in this blog allows me to keep my head quiet and focused. It’s therapy and meditation, and it’s almost catharsis for me.

The longer answer is... I don’t quite know why all the sudden I had the need for this. But, when I began I wanted to make sure my blog wouldn’t be “another one of those”.

In my case, I own the code and content. I own my blog, and since I’m not aiming at making money with it, I can keep it clean, and popup and bullshit free. A quiet web experience. At the end of the day, it’s probably mostly me reading it, so I don’t want to be angered by the experience.

I’m free to write whatever I want, mostly to get it out of my head. It’s my personal /dev/brain dump and I can keep it going for as long as I feel like. And if I want to close it, then I can. It’s my own platform. I don’t owe anything to anyone. I’m not constrained by any format or requirements. I can write whatever I want, be it one line, or a full and lengthy article.

Because of the two points above, I can keep the blog whatever it is, without the need to blast it on social media or any other place. If people read, cool. If people don’t read it, cool as well. I write it for myself. I don’t track who visits it or who reads what. It’s liberating. If someone finds what I write interesting, like the person who asked me the question, awesome. My intent has always been to write only for myself here.

So, yeah, why 47nil? Because I wanted to. Because it’s good for me. Once it’s no longer that, it’ll cease to exist.