So now Joomla is the new blog. Not a side project. Not a sandbox. The new home. Meanwhile WordPress keeps its cushy little job as the writing corner. Clean desk. No chaos allowed. Cute.
I made the switch because forcing everything into WordPress started feeling like using a butter knife as a screwdriver. It technically works, but you look ridiculous and something eventually strips. My new blog needed structure from the start. Not plugins pretending to be structure. Actual structure.
Joomla gives me that. It’s not trying to charm me. It’s not whispering “just install one more plugin, it’ll be fine.” It expects me to set things up properly and then it stays out of the way. Wild concept.
This new blog isn’t just posts. It’s everything else. Projects, experiments, whatever weird idea decides to show up uninvited. Joomla handles that without turning into a fragile house of cards. Categories feel like they matter. Organization isn’t an afterthought duct-taped on later.
WordPress still wins for writing. I’m not rewriting that reality. Open it, type, publish, move on. That’s its lane. It stays in its lane.
Joomla, though, is the new base of operations. It’s where things get built instead of just written about. It’s less forgiving, sure. But that’s the point. I don’t need another system pretending everything is simple while quietly falling apart behind the scenes.
This wasn’t about abandoning one platform. It was about putting each one where it actually makes sense.
WordPress is the notebook.
Joomla is the system.
And this time, I’m not mixing them up and wondering why everything feels off.
Runs on caffeine, mild irritation, and a borderline unhealthy dependence on tech, automations, and anything that saves time or brainpower. Would rather be camping or geocaching with GPS in hand than dealing with people, but still shows up, optimizes the chaos, and keeps everything running like a system that somehow never crashes.