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▲ jdw64 11 hours ago

I want to write technically interesting posts like this too, but I don't know how.

My writing is mostly just tracking various internet posts to trace history. How do you create interesting posts based on personal experience like this?

▲zem 10 hours ago | parent | next [-]

lately I've been thinking about how something on reddit/hn/lobsters reminds me of an interesting moment from my career, and I write up a small reply about it, and that could conceivably also be a blog post if only I had a blog. and then I do nothing about it :) but that's definitely one way to blog; just take the effort to follow through on random inspirations like that.

another great route to follow is what julia evans does on her blog [https://jvns.ca/] - a lot of the posts are "hey, I learnt something new today, and here it is!". the key point is that there is no attempt at having every post be the same "weight", some of them are deep dives into a topic and some are just passing thoughts or howtos.

▲jdw64 10 hours ago | parent [-]

That's practical advice. Thank you.

▲ajkjk 11 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

well first you have personal experiences like that

or rather: you have personal experiences like whatever your experiences are like, not like theirs, and then you write about them if you think anyone else would also be interested.

▲jdw64 10 hours ago | parent [-]

Sounds good. I should reflect on my own experiences too.

▲0xDEAFBEAD 4 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Write what you know. If you don't know, learn.

▲embedding-shape 8 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Most people I know keep "journals" (in various ways and shapes) when they're working on stuff. Producing something for public consumption becomes "compile my already existing stuff and writing into a presentable thing" rather than "start writing from zero".

▲jdw64 8 hours ago | parent [-]

Thank you always for the good advice. I should organize things based on the records I've kept, too.

▲cindyllm 10 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

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