Robin Rendle discussed his blogging flow on Manuel Moreale’s People & Blogs series. The whole interview is quite good, but this bit stuck out to me:

But heed this lesson: your blogging tech stack should not be smart. That’s the most painful thing I’ve learned over the years. We need to take out all the complex build tools and fragile parts that slow us down and prevent us from doing the writing. It doesn’t matter if you’re using the coolest new tech thing, what matters is this: how fast can you write and publish something?

All my little shortcuts and tools are in service of this.