·Updated 2026-05-03

Building in public — why this blog exists

Longer-form notes on founder execution, product shipping, and NIL—written to be useful in search and RSS, not as generic AI filler.

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  • nx1
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This is a starter article for your new blog. Replace it or delete it after you publish your first real post.

How publishing works

  1. Add a Markdown file under content/blog/your-slug.md.
  2. Use the frontmatter keys at the top of this file (title, description, date, optional image, tags, updated).
  3. Deploy. Pages are generated at build time, so Google can crawl stable HTML with proper metadata.

“Upload” without a database

Use Blog → New post (admin) on your site (password from BLOG_ADMIN_SECRET). It generates a ready-to-paste Markdown file you save into content/blog/, then commit and deploy.

Google News vs Google Search

Google Search benefits from clear titles, unique descriptions, Article/BlogPosting structured data, sitemap, and RSS—this setup includes those.

Google News has separate publisher requirements (original news reporting, transparency, and often Google Publisher Center enrollment). A founder blog can still rank well in normal search results without being a News property.

Markdown tips

  • Use ## headings (not too many ### nests).
  • Link out with descriptive anchor text.
  • Keep the description human: it becomes the meta summary and OG text.

Thanks for reading—swap this body for your first real essay when you are ready.