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Recently, my blog has been getting a lot more views. Unfortunately, a lot of the incoming fields for these reads are just tagged with ‘Other’.

That tells me that the traffic is not coming from the older established sites I know, like HackerNews, but is either fake traffic or newer sites that I haven’t seen. It would be nice to know which is correct. Are people actually reading these posts?

So, if you are reading this, I’d really appreciate you taking a moment to comment. Anonymous is fine, and since my comments are screened before they are published, feel free to say ‘do not publish’ if you want. A ping is good; mentioning the source helps.

A long time ago, I briefly dreamed of monetizing my writing, but as I realized that the way to do that is to effectively change what I am saying, I decided not to do that.

I’ve always had to be careful not to upset any of my current employers, but beyond that, I write what I know, either from firsthand experience or from conversations with others.

Because of that, and my limited writing style, it’s never been a popular blog, but I still feel, after decades, that I want to get what I understand down somewhere. Maybe people read it, maybe not. It’s okay.

The software development industry varies hugely, so not surprisingly, plenty of other people have had very different experiences in their careers, but I also do suspect that there is way too much propaganda out there that is deliberately trying to mislead people. It’s an immature, messy and often ugly industry.

With all that in mind, if you could take a moment to say ‘Hi,’ at least I’ll know if you really exist or are just a figment of the web’s imagination.