My First Post!
I finally got my blog up and running and created my first post! I was inspired to start this blog by content from Tim Corey and a recent video by Steve Smith (@Ardalis), which pushed me to finally take action. For a while, I felt stuck in analysis paralysis, spending quite a bit of time researching the best way to create a blog. Should I build a site from scratch to practice my web development skills, or should I use a framework to get up and running more quickly?
Initially, I looked for a framework written in .NET so I could deepen my skills, but I couldn’t find any popular or widely used options. Afterward, I spent some time exploring Hugo, Gatsby, and Astro—and ultimately chose Astro.
During my research, Gatsby didn’t seem as popular in 2024 as it used to be. Hugo appeared to have a strong following, but I wanted to work with something that involved JavaScript or TypeScript since I couldn’t find a widely used .NET framework for building blogs, which led me to Astro.
To get started, I followed the tutorial on building a blog with Astro. While I considered publishing the tutorial project as is, I decided to use a theme from Astro Themes to get started quickly and focus more on writing. There’s still a lot of customization I want to do with the theme I chose, but I’m excited to get the blog going!
That’s all for now—thanks for reading, and I hope to see you back soon!