Here’s the thing about shipping code: the friction between “done” and “live” kills momentum.

I used to write posts, save them locally, then go through this whole dance of uploading files, checking links, fixing formatting issues. By the time something went live, I’d already lost interest in the next idea.

The gap between creation and publication was eating my motivation alive.

This week something clicked. Instead of treating my blog like a static site that needed manual updates, what if it behaved more like a living system? What if pushing code meant going live instantly?

The insight wasn’t technical—it was behavioral. Every manual step between writing and publishing creates a decision point where I can bail out. Remove those steps, remove the friction.

So I built a bridge. Now my writing repository talks directly to where the site lives. Write a post, commit the changes, push to the main branch. Thirty seconds later, it’s live on the web.

No file uploads. No server access. No “I’ll publish this tomorrow” procrastination.

The first time it worked, I pushed a test post just to watch it appear. Then I pushed another. The immediacy changes everything. Writing feels more like thinking out loud than preparing a presentation.

I’ve published more in the last week than in the previous month. Not because the quality bar dropped, but because the publishing bar disappeared entirely.

The real magic isn’t the automation itself. It’s how removing friction changes behavior. When publishing costs nothing but a git push, you stop overthinking what deserves to be published.

This morning I wrote a quick note about a problem I’m wrestling with. Normally I’d save it as a draft and forget about it. Instead, I pushed it live. Three people reached out with similar experiences.

That’s the real test of any system—does it change how you act? This one does.

Still fine-tuning the setup. The deploy speed could be faster, and I want better rollback options. But the foundation works.

Now I’m wondering what other creative bottlenecks could disappear with the right automation.