A few weeks ago I contributed my first entry to the blog. This may not seem like much to most people (actually I should say everyone), but this was a large deal for me because it meant that the sites build is in a stable enough state for public use. So - being the milestone that it was - I ran the publish script, broke out a drink, and relaxed for a few minutes as I knew the hardest part was behind me.
As I was describing the site to a cohort the next day he asked me a simple question: why go through the trouble of building a blog platform from scratch?
Well, good friend, I'm glad you asked. Let me show you in detail.