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Comment by criddell | Hacker News Reader

I've thought about building personal site, but the opportunity cost is just too high. The time I spend making a site has to come from somewhere and there just isn't anything I do that I want to take time from.

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Don't take it from the time you spend doing something you care about. Take it from the time you spend doing nothing.

The time I have set aside for me to do nothing is my most valuable time! I'd rather take it from just about anything else

A personal site should be personal, in the sense that the things you share are things you value and the only value derived from it is from sharing what you value with other. That's why personal sites are the ones that are easy to tell apart. Personal should be personal, otherwise it is simply trying to establish a professional profile.)

Of course, if you have no interest in sharing your passions, don't do it. Your free time is valuable and you should only use it for things that you value.

That's perfectly fair. In my own case, blogging has changed how I conduct my hobbies, for the better. They say you don't understand something until you have to explain it to someone else. It has made my projects more robust, and often simpler, and the process has helped me uncover mistakes. I'm not sure that it has actually come with a cost. The mechanics are trivial thanks to GitHub and of course Git.

One hour with Hugo (and netlify) and you have a site, come on...

You still have to spend time adding content. I enjoy doing that, but not everyone has the time.

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