https://www.junyi.dev/Recent blog posts on Junyi's LabHugo (https://gohugo.io)enjunyi.h@comp.nus.edu.sg (Junyi Hou)junyi.h@comp.nus.edu.sg (Junyi Hou)Sun, 10 May 2026 00:00:00 Zhttps://www.junyi.dev/en/ideas/blog-in-ai-era/Sun, 10 May 2026 00:00:00 Zjunyi.h@comp.nus.edu.sg (Junyi Hou) confused Xiaohongshu and Zhihu get more traffic in a single day than my blog gets in a year. So what is the point of self-hosting anything anymore. rough view Blogging is outdated. Reach is the only thing that matters now. asked AI Is keeping a personal blog still worth the effort? › show full response AI distinguished between writing for distribution and writing for thinking. A platform optimizes for reach. A blog optimizes for memory and intellectual ownership. The two answer different questions about why you write. → distribution vs memory disagreed Part of me still wants the numbers. Pretending I do not care about reach is a lie. revised I need both. Platforms for reach, blog for memory. The blog stops being a failed broadcast channel the moment I stop measuring it that way.https://www.junyi.dev/en/ideas/blog-in-ai-era/