A domain is a small piece of continuity. Tools change, companies close, and feeds fall out of fashion, but a URL can keep pointing to the work.
An address instead of an account
Most online identity is rented from a platform. A personal domain reverses that relationship: services can become destinations or distribution channels, while the domain remains the canonical home.
Publish once at the address you control; send copies wherever they are useful.
A public notebook
Writing in public creates a useful pressure toward clarity, but a personal site does not need to behave like a publication. Notes can be provisional, articles can be revised, and projects can show their unfinished edges.
The practical minimum
- Stable permalinks for every entry.
- An RSS feed that does not depend on an algorithm.
- Portable, readable source content.
- A clear path to move hosts without moving identity.
The goal is not to abandon the larger web. It is to meet it from a place that is yours.