New blog - my thoughts

Why am I getting into blogging? Partly as a way to deepen my own learning, but also to build a stronger online technical presence.

I built this website using Python and the static site generator called pelican, with the Flex theme.

I chose pelican to build my website because I wanted to save time and focus on the writing aspect. This blog static site meets all my needs of what I was looking for in terms of functionality, so I thought "why reinvent the wheel?"

Sometimes, it's OK to reinvent the wheel for learning purposes though. For now, going to stick with this built-in solution, even though the design is not the best.

Over the next couple of years, I want to work on re-building my Software Engineering career from the ground up. This includes re-visiting the fundamentals of Computer Science. I plan to share what I learn along the way. I’ll use this space to distill insights from books, courses, and hands-on projects. It will serve as proof of my learning journey.

My approach will be to cherry-pick courses from Open Source Society University, the Computer Science curriculum and books recommended by teachyourselfcs.com. For now, I'm focusing on the computer science curriculum, currently taking Systematic Program Design and Mathematics for Computer Science.

I will explain why I decided this path in my next blog post.