# Trying Substack as a Simpler Blogging Platform

DevFeed: [Trying Substack as a Simpler Blogging Platform](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/trying-substack-32237.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://bruceeckel.com/2023/07/06/trying-substack/>)

Author: Bruce Eckel

Published: 2023-07-06T00:00:00Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Bruce Eckel - Computing Thoughts](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/bruce-eckel-computing-thoughts.md>)

Topics: [Publishing](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/publishing.md>), [configuration](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/configuration.md>)

Tags: [blog-post](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/blog-post.md>), [blogging](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/blogging.md>), [simplicity](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/simplicity.md>), [subscriptions](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/subscriptions.md>)

## AI overview

Bruce Eckel explains why the ceremony of creating blog posts can discourage him from writing and describes trying Substack as a simpler publishing platform. He likes its clean writing workflow, live preview, email delivery, and subscription-based business model, while noting that he is still adjusting to some limitations.

## Source excerpt

TLDR: BruceEckel.substack.com I've noticed that I haven't been writing here that much lately, and I began to suspect it is because of the necessary ceremony of creating a blog post. Which, really, isn't that much but I've started to see that even the smallest amount can be an impediment. When I began trying to paint, I discovered these impediments, and they're different for each person. In my case, the stretched canvas was "too important" and I resisted putting paint on it (both parents grew up in the depression, so I am overly careful about wasting things, which makes experimentation hard).