the rabbithole

  1. i searched for how to do directory shortcuts on zsh - on perplexity of course
  2. found this blog as the source
  3. the blog’s author found it from Martin’s blog
  4. now, I found Martin’s blog to be pretty interesting. went to his home page to know more about this person.
  5. and I saw goatcounter, which has 4k+ stars on Github. seemed interesting. Click.
  6. read through why he built goatcounter and loved it. i also liked the design note and his blog on personal analytics as well.
  7. signed up. set it up on my site
  8. quartz code allows only one analytics provider.
  9. changed code with Windsurf (AI code editor) to use multiple providers. Ez.
  10. it is live now here and here.

What was a rabbithole you enjoyed recently?


rabbithole visualized

graph TD;
    A[Search for Zsh directory shortcuts] --> B[Found blog post on hash shortcuts in Zsh];
    B --> C[Learned about Martin's blog];
    C --> D[Discovered GoatCounter on Martin's homepage];
    D --> E[Read about GoatCounter and its design];
    E --> F[Signed up for GoatCounter];
    F --> G[Quartz only allows one analytics provider];
    G --> H[Fixed code with AI code editor];
    H --> I[GoatCounter live on site];