Guess what?
I’ll give you a few hints
it’s too good to be true.
it’s free.
you’re looking at it.
That’s right, in a misguided attempt to make Corey Doctorow proud, I have started my very first “blog.”
”But Infra!” a reasonable human might say - “didn’t you just release GetPost - a super cute cloud publishing tool, that lets folks who don’t work with computers every day setup their very own Substack-lite!?”
Why yes, yes I did. And it’s awesome!
But I made tradeoffs to release, many of which I wrote about in the Readme! For example… there’s no commenting, editing, autosave, graphic designers, etc. It’s still a very useful tool, but it’s not yet a serious competitor.
So - fake it till ya’ make it! Substack isn’t gonna run out of money yet, and I’m not planning on being here long - a year, maybe two? In any case, my writings will remain free - as in “free beer”, as much as possible1.
Where’s the scam? Well, I’m burning Substack venture capital money, with no intention of making them a cent. I’m electing to leverage a convenient but fundamentally unsustainable - and morally dubious platform - to foster connections and build community. And then I’m going to find somewhere less problematic to write, and hopefully you’ll consider coming with me.
But - I’ll be here for awhile. Over the next days and weeks, I’ll be porting content from the growing collection at https://gist.github.com/infra-gf - to somewhere less blatantly problematic. Fuck ICE. Fuck Github for standing by ICE. Fuck Microsoft for being nearby, a decade of intellectual hegemony, and for all the in/advertent murders.
In any case - I’m here. My writings will be here soon. More writings too! And I’ll be here next March, too! Good things take time, and this seems to be a good next step towards building a better world with y’all.
Love your friends (safely) - your pets n partners (fiercely) - and your communities (compassionately).
Seriously Don’t Die,
Infra
This website is not “free”, but I will not charge money - at any point to read any content I publish.
I will try not to die