Welcome

Hi, my name is Conner McCall. I’m a software developer based in Minnesota. This space is where I share my thoughts on things that catch my interest.

I write here as a way to claim space on the Internet as my own. I host the blog on a server I administer and wrote the code that delivers the site to you. The Internet has changed significantly in the past 20 years, going from a diverse, open, freeform space full of weirdos to a a series of silos controlled by powerful entities. Granted it is still full of weirdos, but you have to join a silo to see the weirdos now.

I believe that personal websites are a way to to carve out a bit of the diverse, open, and freeform spaces of old. Giving you control of your content, how it looks, who can read it, and how it is delivered. For me having a clean, fast website that serves an RSS feed with full content is important, so that is what I built. I do not believe in comments, but proudly advertise an email address.

You can view my blog, see what I am doing now, what tools I am using, or what services I am hosting myself. I hope you find something useful and if you have a website, please tell me about it and I might add it to my likes