Going Strong Against the Wind
TODAY I've made a lot of time available for family and allocated to writing. I also played around a bit with apachetop, which we had added to our server (Debian 12) last night. I've actually used apachetop quite a lot for several years, but this past year I focused on writing, not on checking access/usage (mostly a distraction, unless it's done for security purposes rather than vanity).
For those who don't know, this program helps observe stuff like DDOS attacks in real time and that's what I originally installed it for. It helps recognise or accurately identify maliciously targeted page very quickly, then respond to the threat appropriately.
Looking at all domains simultaneously (apachetop $(find /var/log/apache2/ -name "*access.log" -print | sed 's/^/-f '/), I see an average of about 17 hits/sec, not counting Gemini, IRC, Git etc. I am actually very surprised by that. I was expecting a lot less, probably something in the region of 10/sec.
It seems clear that many people read what we have to write (or say, e.g. in video). This motivates us to write more and to write better (including decent proofreading). Nothing will be perfect, but we polish as best we can.
Why the rowing photo above? Well, it's Public Domain and I like it. I also won shields/trophies for rowing when I was in my 20s; it's one of the most physically demanding (and painful) sports because the entire body is activated - lower, upper and middle/torso. It feels like Hell, but you keep on going and going.
Writing about Free software is only hard because of the abuse that I receive for it (and sometimes loved ones receive for it too). But the abuse serves to emphasise or affirm the importance of what we do. This abuse will also backfire badly. That's a promise. █