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Every once in a while, someone looks at their screen — cluttered with 30 tabs, 4 notification badges, 2 Slack messages, and an ever-growing to-do list — and quietly decides: enough.Enough noise. Enough tools that ask too much before letting you create. They don’t go off-grid. They go inward — toward focus, toward flow.We found four data points. Make of them what you will.1999 – A Finnish developer named Jari writes a text editor in a single C file — not because it was easy, but because everything else was bloated. The result: Vim gains a cult following, still used by millions.2008 – Marco Arment, between coffee runs as a Tumblr engineer, codes the prototype for Instapaper — just a clean space to read. No ads. No mess. It becomes a movement for mindful consumption, long before anyone said "digital detox."2013 – John O’Nolan feels blogging has lost its soul. He sketches something raw and intentional. That idea evolves into Ghost, a minimalist CMS used by creators who want content to speak louder than templates.2024 – A teenager opens their laptop, frustrated by blogging platforms that feel more like dashboards than diaries. So they build Bublr — open-source, ultra-minimal, almost invisible. No metrics. No dopamine loops. Just writing.The pattern is obvious once you see it.This isn’t nostalgia. This is a quiet rebellion — and Bublr is your blank page.You won’t find follower counts here. No likes, no auto-scroll, no SEO checklists. Only your thoughts, rendered simply. The way blogging was meant to be.Because sometimes, going forward looks a lot like going back — to truth, to silence, to signal.So wherever you are — a student, a builder, a burnt-out creator — maybe Bublr isn’t just a product.Maybe it’s a prompt.A prompt to write again. To think clearly. To share simply.Welcome :))P.S. I loved the Off Season banner, LOL

Bublr: A Guide

I can't believe the society we live in.The recent Nirbhaya 2 case in Kolkata, involving the brutal rape and murder of a young doctor, has reignited a call for justice and systemic change. Despite the legal reforms following the 2012 Nirbhaya case, such atrocities continue, highlighting the gaps in implementation and protection for women. As social activists, we must demand swift and decisive action from authorities, ensuring that justice is served and that measures are put in place to prevent future tragedies. It is time to transform our outrage into concrete actions that guarantee safety and dignity for all women in India.Let's stand for Justice.

Justice for Nirbhaya 2

Hi!I don’t normally post here but this is something that’s very important and needs to be addressed ASAP.Recently, in the Lok Sabha session, when Rahul Ghandi stood for the affected students, asking the Education Minister on what’s being done to address the recent NEET injustice - the minister’s response was blaming the previous government for what’s happening now, instead of taking responsibility himself.What is happening? Students need answers and the question asked was not complicated to begin with!And so I ask, who will be the one to give the answer to these students?Let’s have this case rest, soon.

Solomon Shalom Lijo

Bublr: A Guide

Justice for Nirbhaya 2

Q’s were asked. A’s weren’t given. Why?