I built a (basic) Substack clone in a month

This was probably a waste of my time

Why we’re even talking about this

7 months ago, at Haneda Airport near Tokyo (this is not a relevant detail), I had an idea about starting a newsletter that explained software engineering to people who aren’t software engineers. I tweeted about it (surprise), there was some interest, and so I got started. 7 months later, we’re at around 4,000 free subscr…