I wish all blog posts and news articles were this pithy

Me too. Every time I click on a medium link, 5 seconds in and I already closed the tab.

We don't need a thesis. Just get to the damn point.

This isn't so much of a blog post, though. For this format, I like keeping a notes site (mine is at https://notes.stavros.io/), where I publish small tips and things I want to remember, and figure someone else might need at some point.

I use Joplin with a small script I wrote.