karanke

Could you leave your email in your bio? Or email me? Definitely interested to learn more about your experience.

Some companies I'd put on the list:

1) Okta – Single Sign-On as a service

2) Snowflake – Cloud-native data warehouse as a service

3) Crowdstrike – Cloud-native security as a service

Thanks for your thorough response, it's greatly appreciated.

Created a new issue at https://github.com/minimaxir/hacker-news-undocumented/issues....

+1 for Substack, I think it really helps writers focus on getting their words out instead of worrying about distribution.

Choosing a blogging host isn't the main obstacle for most people; it is writing consistent, high-quality articles.

Focusing on writing well and building an audience is the most important thing while starting out.

n.b.: I've been writing at https://reframing.substack.com/ for the past 5 weeks.

Here's my process wrt https://reframing.substack.com/:

1. Get an idea, write it down in Notes, mull over it for 2-3 weeks, do research and create an outline, write the article

2. I had something to get out there, so I wrote something on Friday. Committed to myself that I'd do the same next week and I'm now 4 weeks in.

3. I think of it as sharpening my writing muscle, especially with regard to what topics I choose and how I tell that story. I'm willing to consider a lot of my current work as a "throwaway" until I get better at my craft. Eventually, I'll develop a proper audience and hopefully, something will go viral.

4. Perfectionism was a big one, previously I would always put things off until they're perfect. Now I have to ship every Friday so I'm less focused on getting it perfect. Another was that the story I want to tell shifts while writing it, hopefully, I get better at this over time.