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I hesitate to call it a "blog," though. I suspect that my greatest fan is Yours Truly. I basically write for myself.
I have no plans to stop, but quite some time can go, between postings.
You can establish yourself as something of a global expert on some topic just by writing about it a few times a month over the course of a year!
Don't expect people to come to your blog. Practice https://indieweb.org/POSSE - Publish (on your) Own Site, Syndicate Elsewhere - post things on your blog and then tweet/toot/linkedin/submit-to-hacker-news/share-in-discord etc.
Also, don't worry too much about whether you get traffic at the time you write something. A lot of the reputational value comes from having written something that you can link people to in the future. "Here are my notes about that topic from last year: LINK" - that kind of thing.
There's a lot to be said for writing for its own sake, too. Just writing about a topic forces you to double-check your understanding and do a little bit more research. It's a fantastic way of learning more about the world even if nobody else ever reads it.
2) make moo card
3) profit
The fact that so few people blog these days makes blogging even more influential than it used to be. You can establish yourself as something of a global expert on some topic just by writing about it a few times a month over the course of a year! Don't expect people to come to your blog. Practice https://indieweb.org/POSSE - Publish (on your) Own Site, Syndicate Elsewhere - post things on your blog and then tweet/toot…
What really changed everything was all the Chinese web traffic around 2014 on the blog posts that included command by command instructions on how to mine Bitcoin headless under Ubuntu.
My paranoia is singular and began 10+ years ago but I do not see the benefit to blogging (for free) on the internet.
I’m also not job hunting or looking to network with anyone. I’m not interested in elevating my e-status and I have no wares to hawk. I understand though that other people do need to “sell themselves” for whatever reason on the internet.
I have a site, where I do posting, on an irregular basis[0]. I hesitate to call it a "blog," though. I suspect that my greatest fan is Yours Truly. I basically write for myself. I have no plans to stop, but quite some time can go, between postings. [0] https://littlegreenviper.com/miscellany
It’s nearly always just me writing about things I’ve built so I have a diary of my projects, or mini guides on how to do something technical so I can refer back to it if I need to.
I mostly/daily use Obsidian for the same stuff, but if I think something is worth sharing (even “potentially sharing one day”) then I’ll put it on my blog instead.
I would go even further. Trying to develop a “brand” that stands above the noise isn’t worth it. That’s not saying writing isn’t important. I don’t think I understand a subject unless I can teach it, explain it and argue both sides about why you should and shouldn’t use it. If I were going to go into independent consulting as oppose to working for consulting companies, I might start a blog a year ahead of time. But i…
I love keeping a blog as my own private journal. I wouldn't want it public though because I can keep it as unstructured/messy as I want with it being private. Mostly a collection or random notes / thoughts / code that I wouldn't want a potential employer to get an impression of me from.
It has huge value to me. The value of reading someone else blog at this point is basically zero to me. Mostly throw away, surface level articles for branding and networking purposes but if that is the dance you are trying to learn then it makes sense.
(1) Random search traffic.
(2) An RSS feed.
(3) Because I enjoy writing.
If you're looking for a way to turn text into money (a.k.a. "build your developer brand"), there are probably programs to do that, human beings talking about how to write such programs, other humans talking about how to write programs to simulate those humans, ... you get the picture.
It's just a hobby.
Even my girlfriend doesn't read my posts if I'm to be honest. But the act of writing soothes me, and as a non-native English speaker I feel it's been a great way to improve on my written English.
Also, writing your own static site generator is a pretty fun (and easy) thing to do.
Shameless plug as well: https://blanchardjulien.com/ Static site generator: https://github.com/julien-blanchard/Loulou