Show HN: A blog that deletes itself if you stop writing
lapse.blogI built Lapse because most of my blogs died quietly, abandoned after a few months.
lapse.blog is a minimal blogging platform with one rule: if you don't post for 30 days, your blog is permanently deleted. No warnings, no recovery.
How it works:
- No signup. Your unique passphrase grants access to your blog. Same passphrase = same blog. (If two people pick the same one, they'll control the same blog by design)
- The longer you post consistently, the longer it lives. Borrowing from social-media streaks, but for writing. If they can encourage you to Snapchat someone, surely we can encourage ourselves to write.
- Markdown only. No images, no embeds.
- RSS and Atom feeds included.
- Forget your passphrase? Blog gets deleted. Stop posting? Blog gets deleted.
- No ads, no tracking.
The "30 days or it dies" constraint came from noticing that my abandoned blogs stressed me out more than not having a blog at all. They just sat there, judging me.
Lapse is an attempt to make abandonment the default. If you stop, it disappears cleanly. No guilt, no digital graveyard.
Curious if this resonates with anyone or if I've just built a very niche anxiety management tool.