Tilman

I published a new garden page one week ago documenting the Platformer Game Jam 2026 – students building games in Godot at the design faculty. (Godot's web export is genuinely great, by the way!)

I used it as my first proper test of POSSE-style publishing. A long form text on my digital garden first, then a link post on this microblog, then cross-posted to Bluesky and Mastodon. This feels right! The garden is the home, the platforms are just for distribution to the other platformed-based audiences.

I also set up Plausible Analytics – EU-based, privacy-focused and open-source. Nice service, easy to set up, but will cost me 9€ per month after the 30-day trial. After the first week the analytics show 11 unique visitors and 34 pageviews, which is pretty bad, but exactly what I'd expect after years of not posting consistently!

Which brings me to the thing I actually believe: online traffic follows consistent, worthwhile posts. I learned this with my web-based Geometry Daily project starting in 2012 – first weeks of nothing, then gradual pickup, eventually 80,000 followers. The take-away: Post something good, stick to a topic, then just keep going! I'm not sure the old social media dynamics still hold in 2026, but the logic seems durable.

More soon!