Can Y’all Give Writing Platforms A Break Already?
A software engineer’s fight against all the criticism popular writing platforms get.
Undoubtedly, over the years I’ve been known to be a harsh critic of many things. I tried to put an end to it, but failed miserably, so ended up somewhere halfway at tamed pragmatism with a side of devil’s advocate. The reality is, I can’t un-see problems, nor can I ignore them, but what I can do, is express my view or at least attempt to do so fairly, in a non-aggressive manner.
This exercise, however, doesn’t seem to be all that popular with the masses, and after Simily’s latest outage in January, I started looking into it, and thoughts started brewing in my head. The short version? Y’all are (mostly) wrong. The not so short version… well, keep on reading. I’ll limit my context to Simily and Medium, but feel free to apply it to more or less anything else out there.
A way overdue lesson on startups
While Medium itself can hardly be called a startup, it’s important to understand that the definition of what a startup is, isn’t all that black and white. Takes less than a 10-minute read on LinkedIn to understand not just the main characteristics of a startup but also the potential variations, and perspectives on what constitutes…
