I've been happily using my own ghetto blog I named Flaco Blog. The beauty of forcing myself to eat my own software is that I can't really complain about it. Either something works exactly as I want it, or it slowly irritates me until it overcomes the effort needed to rewrite it. So why am I proposing a rewrite?
Overall, I must say I'm very happy with Flaco. It's simpler to setup and use than all the other blog engines I've tried to use in the past. As far as bugs go, the scope of what I want is so well defined that all the bugs I had were really minor. What I haven't been enjoying is hacking the code. It feels more like a chore than fun. And like I said, I feel that I've finally been irritated enough to warrant some action.
Earlier, I made this whole rant about enjoying Perl. I still feel that everything I said is true, but instead of working on features I wanted, I spent my time pouring over CPAN deciding what object libraries to use. I had become a language penny pincher: mulling over how to do things and losing site of my goals.
The new plan is to use Ruby. I won't use Rails because that doesn't really suit the purpose of Flaco. Using Ruby will allow me to trickle some of the stuff I learn from work back home. Also, it'll let me explore the non-Rails parts of Ruby. Here's what's in store for the coming days.
Those bullets are somewhat ordered for the coming days. The last one will be the new and interesting bit. I'm really looking forward to it.