Appreciate the work that went into laying this out so clearly, every section earns its place without filler, and a look at devspring confirmed the same care, definitely the kind of place that deserves a return visit when the topic comes up again later in the future or for any related question.

Most of the time I feel the open web is in decline and then I find a site like this, and a stop at solidrunway reinforced that mood lift, the cumulative effect of finding occasional excellent independent content versus the cumulative effect of finding mostly mediocre content is real for the long term reader maintaining web habits today.

My usual response to new bookmarks is to forget them but this one I have already returned to twice, and a look at novalyn pulled me back a third time, the actual return rate to bookmarked sites is the real measure of value and this one is clearing that measure at a notable rate already.

Came away with a small but real shift in perspective on the topic, and a stop at pointport pushed that shift a bit further, the kind of subtle reframing that good writing does to a reader without making a big deal of it is something I always appreciate when it happens which is sadly not that often.

Now feeling slightly more optimistic about the state of independent writing online, and a stop at blog33single extended that quiet optimism, sites like this one are the reason I have not given up on the open web entirely and finding them occasionally renews the case for paying attention to non algorithmic content sources today.