Over the last decade, we’ve seen the emergence of many platforms aimed at writers and bloggers—Ghost, Substack, and Medium, just to name a few. They are all great platforms that, in one way or another, have changed the online publishing industry, making it easier than ever to start writing online with little or no friction.
As someone who loved reading blogs back in 2006, before social media was really a thing, I was inspired to create a space where people could share their thoughts simply for the love of sharing. No rush, no pressure, no bad feelings.
I imagined a place where good writing and good photography could live in harmony, where I can appreciate the human experience in pictures and words.
Given the many alternatives available today, you may wonder why I would make the effort to create something new. That’s a good question, and the answer is simple: I am not satisfied with the existing tools, and I believe we can do better.
I have no interest whatsoever in competing with any of today’s platforms. I think most of them are great, and if you are happy with them, by all means, stay with them. This project is, first and foremost, my delusion that I can create something a little different—and hopefully better.
Pushing a little bit more, I think that most existing platforms are great at one thing or another, but most of them also fall short somewhere. They are either too restrictive, too expensive, too outdated, or too limited.
onwrite was born from this frustration. I wanted something simple, modern, and easy to use that somehow resembled the blogs of the old days, but was built for 2026.
I designed onwrite with the best features of these platforms in mind. For example, I love Ghost’s editor, the simplicity of Substack, the clean design of Medium, and the versatility of WordPress. So I took what I believe is good about each of these tools and created the one I had always wanted. It is still a work in progress, and many things will change in the coming months, but I am happy with the current result.
I am still figuring things out. It turns out that creating such a tool is quite complicated and requires a ton of decisions that will shape the direction of the product. Still, I am confident that it will find people out there who, like me, enjoy a clean, free way of using the web.
Last but not least, onwrite was created under the principle that the public internet should be public. There is no paywall feature for posts here, and there are no plans to implement one in the future. By design, everything published here will be immediately available to anyone on the internet. Right now, there is a “feed” page that I call “Read,” but I am still figuring it out. The important thing for now is to put the project out there so people can try it and see what they like and what they don’t.
For now, this is it. I will be writing more here about the product, its features, and what’s next. This post is the first of many to come.
Happy blogging.
Over the last decade, we’ve seen the emergence of many platforms aimed at writers and bloggers—Ghost, Substack, and Medium, just to name a few. They are all great platforms that, in one way or another, have changed the online publishing industry, making it easier than ever to start writing online with little or no friction.
As someone who loved reading blogs back in 2006, before social media was really a thing, I was inspired to create a space where people could share their thoughts simply for the love of sharing. No rush, no pressure, no bad feelings.
I imagined a place where good writing and good photography could live in harmony, where I can appreciate the human experience in pictures and words.
Given the many alternatives available today, you may wonder why I would make the effort to create something new. That’s a good question, and the answer is simple: I am not satisfied with the existing tools, and I believe we can do better.
I have no interest whatsoever in competing with any of today’s platforms. I think most of them are great, and if you are happy with them, by all means, stay with them. This project is, first and foremost, my delusion that I can create something a little different—and hopefully better.
Pushing a little bit more, I think that most existing platforms are great at one thing or another, but most of them also fall short somewhere. They are either too restrictive, too expensive, too outdated, or too limited.
onwrite was born from this frustration. I wanted something simple, modern, and easy to use that somehow resembled the blogs of the old days, but was built for 2026.
I designed onwrite with the best features of these platforms in mind. For example, I love Ghost’s editor, the simplicity of Substack, the clean design of Medium, and the versatility of WordPress. So I took what I believe is good about each of these tools and created the one I had always wanted. It is still a work in progress, and many things will change in the coming months, but I am happy with the current result.
I am still figuring things out. It turns out that creating such a tool is quite complicated and requires a ton of decisions that will shape the direction of the product. Still, I am confident that it will find people out there who, like me, enjoy a clean, free way of using the web.
Last but not least, onwrite was created under the principle that the public internet should be public. There is no paywall feature for posts here, and there are no plans to implement one in the future. By design, everything published here will be immediately available to anyone on the internet. Right now, there is a “feed” page that I call “Read,” but I am still figuring it out. The important thing for now is to put the project out there so people can try it and see what they like and what they don’t.
For now, this is it. I will be writing more here about the product, its features, and what’s next. This post is the first of many to come.
Happy blogging.