Absolutely worth it, maybe more than ever. AI floods the zone with generic takes - having a personal blog with actual POV cuts through that.

The economics changed though. You're not writing for SEO anymore (AI won), you're writing for humans who specifically want non-generic thinking. Smaller audience, but they'll actually care.

This is actually why I started curating AI discussions from HN - cut through the generic AI content with actual substantive threads: https://hackernewsai.com