Andrew Stiefel

@andrewstiefel

A slowly growing digital garden of essays, guides, and notes

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Building a personal monorepo for writing 19 Jul 2025

How I created a workflow for researching and blogging with Obsidian and Jekyll
AI isn't taking your job, the economy is 16 May 2025

AI is the excuse, not the cause, behind layoffs across tech and beyond.
How I use GitHub as a CMS 2 Feb 2025

GitHub makes it easy to build a free content management system for your blog.
Markdown files, not apps 17 Jan 2025

Markdown is simple, portable, and free. And it works beautifully with AI tools.
Principles of platform independence 10 Jan 2025

A short guide to choosing apps and services that preserve your digital freedom by avoiding ecosystem lock-in.

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