Sounds like it’d be a personal thing, but I’m sure it would he discovered by people and maybe utilized. I thought of doing a wiki like wikipedia, but making it not propaganda. Figured it’d help people but really I think it kinda was just gonna end up being a hobby of mine. If it interests you enough to make one, why not do it? It’s not gonna disappear and it’ll always be there for you or anyone that finds it. Knowledge is knowledge and I love finding smaller sites with helpful information. Really, I think it’ll be both for you. It’ll add value to whoever finds it, and it’ll be a hobby for you. But don’t do something like that if you aren’t motivated enough to would be my best advice.
Ask HN: What is the value of a one-person wiki?
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Re: Ask HN: What is the value of a one-person wiki?
#12I’ve been publicly documenting solutions to problems I faced since at least 10 years. I know it’s valuable because I find a lot of value in similar posts from other people. About 10,000 people per month find my content through Google.
The value is that it will save a lot of people a lot of time, especially if you were the first to document the solution.
I disabled comments on my websites, but those helpful posts got lots of positive replies from people whose butt it saved.
Re: Ask HN: What is the value of a one-person wiki?
#13I’ve been publicly documenting solutions to problems I faced since at least 10 years. I know it’s valuable because I find a lot of value in similar posts from other people. About 10,000 people per month find my content through Google. The value is that it will save a lot of people a lot of time, especially if you were the first to document the solution. I disabled comments on my websites, but those helpful posts got…
Same here, although I go through phases of high and low activity. When I was learning to code I would write daily blog posts about problems I ran into and how I fixed them. At first I was unsure, since I thought these things were just too basic for people to care about. But writing also helped me process and internalize the things I learned, so I did it anyway. I got so many nice emails and comments over the years from people who found some random tip I posted helpful for their own projects.