I didn't write a single post today. Instead I connected my domain to this blog and added ads. And then a strange feeling set in. "Is this where it really starts?" — followed quickly by, "But what exactly started?"
The moment my name lands in the address bar
Up to now this blog had been running on the long auto-generated address the platform gives you. Functionally there was nothing wrong with it. Posts opened fine, search picked them up. But it felt off to show that address to anyone. The "temporary" vibe just wouldn't go away.
So I connected a short domain. The process itself was quicker than I expected. Buy the domain, line up a few DNS records, wait for it to verify. When the name I'd chosen actually popped up in the address bar, honestly, I got a little giddy.
Technically it was a 30-minute job — but in my head I'd been putting it off for about a month.
