Ever since I started writing on the internet, I always thought that by the time I published 100 blogs, I would be good. I’ve published 90 so far and just realized I’ve been doing it wrong.
For me, writing is learning. When I learn a new topic, I write an explainer. When I play with a new developer tool, I write a tutorial. That’s why the majority of my blogs are tutorials and explainers. In an increasingly generic slop world, neither of those will ever be valuable to anyone again.
What becomes more important are human experiences: Real thoughts and lessons from failures. In the past, none of my posts in this direction have gotten any traction.
Starting with this post, I commit to an experiment: Write one post from human experience a week. First, just to get into the habit. Second, to eventually get better at writing.
They will be bad. They will be short. I do not expect anyone to read them, but only to hold myself accountable. And hopefully, someday, one of them will be helpful to someone.
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