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title: "Writing blog posts on the go"
url: https://perrotta.dev/2025/07/writing-blog-posts-on-the-go/
last_updated: 2025-07-29
---


By design, and to introduce intentional friction, I am only allowed to blog with
a laptop. A new post necessarily involves a git commit of a new markdown file.

Lately I've been experimenting with writing blog posts on the go. From my phone,
I simply open the Notes app and start to write.

Text (and hypertext) is the only medium I need. The occasional markup is also
fine.

It is harder to write technical posts on the go though. This is not necessarily
a caveat: it means I can focus instead on writing non-technical posts, like this
one. This is akin to how non-fiction books are better suited for audiobooks than
fiction ones. Sometimes form (and medium) shapes content.

The draft notes are then eventually transcribed to Markdown and published.