Favorite Quotes: 

"...it ain't about how hard ya hit. It's about how hard you can get it and keep moving forward. How much you can take and keep moving forward. That's how winning is done!" (Rocky Balboa)

" We cannot change the cards we are dealt, just how we play the hand." (Randy Pausch)

So why I reinvented the wheel and did not use a Blog/CMS like: WordPress, Drupal, or Joomla ? 

I like WordPress which is now very mature as a CMS. And provides excellent features and tools. It has an ecosystem of plugins and you can get all the tools quickly. But Still I went ahead and created a system solution for me. Since I myself preach that we should use open source, I feel I should give reasons as to why I reinvented the wheel:

 

1. This is my playground or practice app. I do not usually get much time to practice things. So when I wanted to setup a blog, I though this is the chance. I can do whatever I want to do here and experiment. I don't have to build it for a client.

2. I don't like PHP. Don't get me wrong, PHP is good for developing website and I have spent about 4 years developing/managing  PHP projects. But since I started using Rails (& Ruby), I can't program in PHP any longer.

3. I don't like (mostly PHP based) CMS/Blog solutions available in general. They are bloated with unnecessary features and very traditional in their editing approach. I like something like a wiki, where I can edit it easily in-line.

4. Most importantly, I want to learn more about the wheels!