You know, I’ve found a pretty effective way to reduce my addiction to certain websites: blocking them at the DNS level using NextDNS. It’s a trick I picked up after realizing I was spending far too much time on Hacker News (my addiction to that is gone for quite some time already!). And now? I’ve extended it to a forum I used to frequent multiple times a day.

Sure, there was a time when I learned a lot from it. But now? It feels like I’m stuck in a loop, hearing the same old stuff and discussions over and over again. Plus, I’ve noticed more and more that some guys (yes, all male) there have views that are completely opposite to mine. And while I understand that you shouldn’t live in a bubble, constantly having to deal with people who have different viewpoints and values? It’s exhausting.

However, here’s the good news: cutting out all that noise has given me time and mental space to focus on things I actually enjoy. Like, I’ve been diving into refactoring parts of GoBlog lately, and let me tell you, it’s been refreshing. It’s like reclaiming a piece of myself that I’d lost in the endless scroll of this forum.