Hey @waylonwalker
, great discussion topic – it got certainly got me me thinking!
The single source of truth for my articles will always be my self-hosted blog. I'm a fan and proponent of the #indieweb – I think it's important that we own our content. It also provides a great platform for experimentation and self-expression that I often don't get the opportunity to indulge in on commercial projects.
That said, reach is a big issue and unless you've already garnered an audience that either frequently checks your website or receives updates via RSS, a newsletter, or Social Media, it can often feel like shouting into a void.
POSSE is a great pattern – whether automated, semi-automated, or entirely manual – for owning your content, but increasing the chances of it actually reaching your audience.
For a while now I've been using GitHub Actions to syndicate my posts to DEV. I used to use the RSS sync feature, but there's far too much manual tweaking required after their HTML -> Markdown transformation step.
Your post introduced me to Hashnode and I'm now in the process of setting up a publication there so that I can begin syndicating my content to a 2nd platform.
I usually promote my articles on Twitter, but get little interaction these days (perhaps due to my limited use of the platform in general). I'll be sure to muster the courage to post to Reddit one of these days, too 😉
👋 Hey there, I am Waylon Walker
I am a Husband, Father of two beautiful children, Senior Python Developer currently working in the Data Engineering platform space. I am a continuous learner, and sha
👋 Hey there, I am Waylon Walker
I am a Husband, Father of two beautiful children, Senior Python Developer currently working in the Data Engineering platform space. I am a continuous learner, and sha
I really like the #indieweb, and the POSSE pattern! I am trying to do better at consistently posting this year. That has skyrocketed my engagement/audience from where it was. There is no hack that makes up for not putting the work in.
I also just set up hashnode. It seems really cool, but I was a bit hesitant to maintain comments/community on even more platforms, but I am going to make the jump.
How do you syndicate with Actions! I would love to do this. The RSS feed misses my cover image and all of the language blocks.
Really good point about consistency – I wonder what the psychology is there? Are people more likely to follow if there's some guarantee of seeing fresh content regularly?
Regarding Hashnode, it seems like there's a history between DEV and itself. I have to say that the overall user experience on Hashnode feels somewhat lacking. It opens far too many links in new tabs and there are very apparent "seams" between the Hashnode site and individual publications. I've cross-posted a single article for now and will take some more time to evaluate the platform before setting up any automated syndication I think.
I'll tidy-up the Action, push it to GitHub, and then post a link to this thread so that you can get the general idea 👍
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Hey @waylonwalker , great discussion topic – it got certainly got me me thinking!
The single source of truth for my articles will always be my self-hosted blog. I'm a fan and proponent of the #indieweb – I think it's important that we own our content. It also provides a great platform for experimentation and self-expression that I often don't get the opportunity to indulge in on commercial projects.
That said, reach is a big issue and unless you've already garnered an audience that either frequently checks your website or receives updates via RSS, a newsletter, or Social Media, it can often feel like shouting into a void.
POSSE is a great pattern – whether automated, semi-automated, or entirely manual – for owning your content, but increasing the chances of it actually reaching your audience.
For a while now I've been using GitHub Actions to syndicate my posts to DEV. I used to use the RSS sync feature, but there's far too much manual tweaking required after their
HTML -> Markdowntransformation step.Your post introduced me to Hashnode and I'm now in the process of setting up a publication there so that I can begin syndicating my content to a 2nd platform.
I usually promote my articles on Twitter, but get little interaction these days (perhaps due to my limited use of the platform in general). I'll be sure to muster the courage to post to Reddit one of these days, too 😉
Thanks for the food for thought 👍
Your site looks really good by the way.
Thanks Waylon, yours too 👍 Great job on all the articles 👏
I really like the #indieweb, and the POSSE pattern! I am trying to do better at consistently posting this year. That has skyrocketed my engagement/audience from where it was. There is no hack that makes up for not putting the work in.
I also just set up hashnode. It seems really cool, but I was a bit hesitant to maintain comments/community on even more platforms, but I am going to make the jump.
How do you syndicate with Actions! I would love to do this. The RSS feed misses my cover image and all of the language blocks.
Really good point about consistency – I wonder what the psychology is there? Are people more likely to follow if there's some guarantee of seeing fresh content regularly?
Regarding Hashnode, it seems like there's a history between DEV and itself. I have to say that the overall user experience on Hashnode feels somewhat lacking. It opens far too many links in new tabs and there are very apparent "seams" between the Hashnode site and individual publications. I've cross-posted a single article for now and will take some more time to evaluate the platform before setting up any automated syndication I think.
I'll tidy-up the Action, push it to GitHub, and then post a link to this thread so that you can get the general idea 👍