# Under-Engineered Productivity \> Over-Engineered Distractions

DevFeed: [Under-Engineered Productivity \> Over-Engineered Distractions](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/under-engineered-productivity-over-engineered-distractions-17713.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://austingil.com/under-engineered-productivity-over-engineered-distraction/>)

Author: Austin

Published: 2022-10-04T18:13:25Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [Back End - Austin Gil](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/back-end-austin-gil.md>)

Topics: [WordPress](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/wordpress.md>), [Linode](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/linode.md>), [Server](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/server.md>), [Website](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/website.md>)

Tags: [back-end](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/back-end.md>), [developer](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/developer.md>), [development](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/development.md>), [how-to](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/how-to.md>), [linode](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/linode.md>), [optimization](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/optimization.md>), [server](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/server.md>), [technical](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/technical.md>), [wordpress](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/wordpress.md>)

## AI overview

The article argues that developers should avoid over-engineering personal blogs when their goal is writing. It demonstrates launching a WordPress website on Linode, including creating a server instance and pointing a DNS A record to its IP address.

## Source excerpt

My tip for personal blogs is to avoid technical distractions. This article shows how to do so by setting up WordPress on Linode with just a few clicks.