<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><feed xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" ><generator uri="https://jekyllrb.com/" version="4.4.1">Jekyll</generator><link href="/feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" /><link href="/" rel="alternate" type="text/html" /><updated>2026-10-18T14:26:44+00:00</updated><id>/feed.xml</id><title type="html">Jay’s Essays</title><subtitle>Essays, ideas, and things I&apos;ve been thinking about.</subtitle><author><name>Jay Parve</name></author><entry><title type="html">Why I’m Writing in Public</title><link href="/essays/welcome/" rel="alternate" type="text/html" title="Why I’m Writing in Public" /><published>2026-10-18T00:00:00+00:00</published><updated>2026-10-18T00:00:00+00:00</updated><id>/essays/welcome</id><content type="html" xml:base="/essays/welcome/"><![CDATA[<p>This is a sample essay so you can see how things look. Replace it with your own, or delete this file once you’ve posted your first real essay.</p>

<p>Writing things down forces you to find out what you actually think. An idea that feels finished in your head often falls apart the moment you try to put it into sentences. That’s not a failure — that’s the point.</p>

<h2 id="headings-work">Headings work</h2>

<p>Use <code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">##</code> at the start of a line to make a section heading, like the one above.</p>

<p>You can write in <strong>bold</strong>, in <em>italics</em>, and add <a href="https://example.com">links</a>.</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>Block quotes look like this. Start a line with <code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">&gt;</code> to make one.</p>
</blockquote>

<ul>
  <li>Lists</li>
  <li>work</li>
  <li>too</li>
</ul>

<p>That’s it. Write, save, publish.</p>]]></content><author><name>Jay Parve</name></author><summary type="html"><![CDATA[This is a sample essay so you can see how things look. Replace it with your own, or delete this file once you’ve posted your first real essay.]]></summary></entry></feed>