Why start a blog

20 May, 2026

I've been considering starting a blog forever. Why not mobile social media platforms, you ask? Social media was never a strong appeal to me. Instagram stayed the longest in my phone. I deleted it during COVID when I felt like spending too much time just doom-scrolling in my studio confined in a foreign country.

To be fair, when I was going through my graduate study, I didn't feel like I needed to connect people. There were always interesting people just across lab rooms and across buildings. I could find fascinating projects every seminar and every meeting I attended (okay, I am a bit exaggerating here). I wanted to look professional, so I think I created a LinkedIn account around this time. But who uses LinkedIn seriously to connect to other people, huh? It was just a nice tool to connect with researchers I randomly bumped into. WhatsApp is too much to ask. Instagram feels too intimate.

Then, I got a job. I didn't realized what I lost at first. All the interesting bits around the world looked like happening on social media, not around me. I found myself spending a lot of time on HN or Hacker News, opening HN page almost every time I picked up my phone. I still think it's better than opening YouTube, but it didn't feel good anyway.

Reading a lot of articles through HN, I noticed that there are so many people vocal about their own opinions on the internet, usually writing blogs on their own websites. Since then, it became one of my primary TODOs to start my own blog. And obviously, I started seeing quality articles on Bear Blog. It felt like a right moment.

What to post

I work in AI software business¹. Surely, I am going to post something about AI a lot because I have a lot to say about it. But I want to make this space something more than that. I want to capture and archive my life through it. I have big interests in other topics, like veganism, bouldering, photos, watches, and etc.

Shady motive: Business

I was one of those who dreamed about working in a cool startup. And I am sticking to it. Eventually, I want to build my own internet business someday. It may not happen at all. After seeing how actual startups survive with my own eyes, this plan looks more and more elusive.

Some may choose to start building. Many engineers do that. My choice is this blog². By putting myself out in the wild, speaking up my own opinions, I hope I understand the internet space more closely. Besides my shady motive, internet itself is just a cool space. For now, I am simply excited to take my part in it.