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Back to Ulysses

This is probably stupid, but I installed Ulysses as my blog post editor today. It used to be my go-to for years until I canceled my subscription and moved on. I think that was around March 2019, when Drafts finally came to the Mac and I switched over.

If you’ve been following this site for a while, you know I’ve been switching text editors about as often as I change my underwear recently and honestly, I’m getting fucking tired of it. I want one editor and I want to stick with it.

What I like about Ulysses is that it’s a dedicated writing app with a proper folder structure instead of tags. It’s customizable, so I can set my preferred font and theme, and once it’s set up, it’s a simple, distraction-free writing environment.

This site is built with 11ty, so Ulysses works great with its Markdown and HTML exports.

My writing needs are pretty simple, and Ulysses has a bunch of features I’ll probably never use but that’s fine. It does what I need, and that’s what matters.