About Waymarks

What is Waymarks?

Waymarks is a personal link blog - a curated collection of interesting discoveries from around the web. Like trail markers on a hike, these links serve as waypoints in my digital explorations, creating a path worth sharing.

Why a Link Blog?

In an age of algorithmic timelines and walled gardens, link blogs represent something different: genuine human curation. Each link here is something I found valuable, interesting, or thought-provoking enough to save and share.

When I share a link, I aim to:

• Add context - explaining why I found it interesting or important
• Pull out key insights - highlighting the most valuable parts
• Connect ideas - relating new discoveries to previous ones
• Preserve knowledge - creating a permanent record of valuable content, even if the original source disappears
• Give proper credit - always acknowledging the creators

The Philosophy

This site is directly inspired by Simon Willison's excellent article "My approach to running a link blog", which lays out a thoughtful philosophy for maintaining a valuable link blog. I highly recommend reading his post for insight into this approach.

Following Simon's guidance, this site embraces these principles:

1. Low effort, high value - Sharing interesting links with thoughtful commentary creates value without requiring lengthy original essays.
2. Add something extra - Each post aims to enhance the original link with additional context, connections, or insights.
3. Respect creators - Always properly attribute and link to the original sources.
4. Build over time - The real value emerges through consistency, as patterns and connections form across hundreds of posts.

Behind the Scenes

Waymarks is built on a simple, efficient system:

• Links are collected through Raindrop.io
• A custom curation workflow helps me review and publish new links
• The site is generated with Jekyll
• Content is deployed to Cloudflare for fast, reliable hosting

The entire system runs on NixOS, with automation handling everything from collection to publication.

Follow Along

You can follow Waymarks through:

• The RSS feed
• Regular visits to the homepage
• The archive for browsing past links

About the author

I'm a digital adventurer with a passion for discovering valuable content across the web. With a background in technology and a love for learning, I created Waymarks as a way to document my journey through the web and share the most interesting waypoints I encounter.

Get in Touch

Have something interesting to share? Found an error? Just want to say hello?

Feel free to reach out at hello@waymarks.net.

Happy exploring!