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I’m not here to say Google Analytics is “bad.” For many teams, it is the right tool: funnels, audiences, integrations, the whole story. The problem, at least for the kind of project this blog is, is that the power comes with weight—account sprawl, consent flows, and a UI that can feel like a second job. Sometimes you just want to know that someone read the post, without turning your hobby site into a mini data warehouse. ...

For years, Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) has been the go-to solution for many Windows users wanting a Linux shell experience. But for me? WSL was never quite the right fit. Why Not WSL? I don’t dislike WSL because it’s “not Linux enough” — it’s quite robust for many tasks. My main gripe is that I want to use the standard shell environment I’m comfortable with, without juggling multiple distros or dealing with some WSL quirks. I want: ...