Bye Bye 2020 Reviewing the Second Year of Managing Medium
A Very Late 2020 Review
A Difficult Year
Unrelated to work, 2020 was a tough year for me; I went through many significant setbacks, but fortunately, I got through them.
I just want to say one thing:
People need to learn to cherish the present and appreciate what they have.
Work
Back to work, in 2020 I stepped out of my comfort zone into a new environment; this exposed me to many new things and allowed me to absorb a lot of valuable knowledge in iOS and engineering development. Although I published fewer articles in 2020 and even stopped updating for three to four months, I focused on quality over quantity. The articles I wrote in 2020 were fewer but performed better than before; I am gradually improving!
Also, last year I set up my personal website using Google Sites and continue to sync new Medium article updates there.
Original Intention
I am still the same person—I’m quite lazy; I don’t write articles just for the sake of writing. Each article comes from some insights I’ve developed and then immediately jot down. If I get lazy and don’t do it all at once, I probably won’t bother going back to write it later (though this usually happens only with unimportant or uninteresting topics).
The downside is that sometimes I get too eager and write too fast. Typos are minor, but if the content is wrong or incomplete and misleads readers, that’s a serious fault Orz. So this year, when writing articles, I research and address all the issues I can think of and handle, even if they weren’t used in my original project. If I can’t solve them, I leave a note to remind readers to pay attention to that aspect.
Chrome Extensions Used for Writing Articles
- Recommending Code Medium again — it lets you paste beautiful code snippets using Gist directly on Medium!
After installation, click the “+” on Medium and then select the last option “<>”.
The screen will split into left and right sections, allowing you to enter code directly on the right side:
After submission, it will be directly embedded in the Medium article as a gist:
The advantage of using gist to embed code is that it supports syntax highlighting, making it easier for readers to read; the downside is that when converting Medium posts to markdown format, the embedded code cannot be automatically converted and must be manually copied and pasted.
- Tried many conversion tools but none support gist extraction. If anyone knows, please share.
- Medium’s built-in code blocks still do not support syntax highlighting, so this is the best option for now.
- Medium Next Generation Stats: Enhances the backend statistics display on Medium
Daily traffic aggregation display lets you see today’s traffic composition at a glance.
There are also features for tracking new followers, claps, and more.
Goals for This Year
Backup Plan
Besides continuing to write, I plan to find time to convert each article into Markdown format and upload them to Github for backup, in case Medium suddenly crashes one day… Currently, I use the Typora editor; it’s quite user-friendly. I will introduce it in detail later!
Currently about 15% complete. Feeling a bit lazy because it’s boring, haha.
The official Medium backup only saves plain text; images remain externally linked and are not downloaded. Moreover, code sections are embedded and cannot be directly displayed in Markdown.
Custom Domain
It has been deployed. Please refer to “Medium Custom Domain Feature Returns”.
- Profile page: blog.zhgchg.li (I only use the subdomain
blog.zhgchg.libecause the main domain has other purposes)
However, I found that it affects Google SEO, so I am still considering and testing whether to actually use it.
Buy Me A Coffee!
Recently, I have also launched the following services:
Anyway, I have a lot of free time.
Statistics
Finally, let’s have some statistics!
In 2020, a total of:
16 articles were published: 3 lifestyle + 2 unboxing + 11 technical articles
Site total accumulated until 2021/02/24:
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Total article views: 180,000 (2x growth)
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Total claps for all articles: 11,000 (doubled)
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Followers: Surpassed 400 (doubled growth)
Articles with better performance include:
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iOS 14 Clipboard Privacy Panic: The Dilemma Between Privacy and Convenience
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Create a “Fake” Perspective Transparent iPhone Wallpaper Easily
Thank you all for your support and care in 2020. I will continue to work hard this year!
Your feedback is the driving force behind my writing!
ZhgChgLi, 2021/02/24.
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