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Ugh. "Throw feces at the wall and see if it sticks" is the culture that gave us post-a-day blog spam instead of sporadic thoughtful writing, and github spammers pushing out whatever half-done garbage they typed in on a manic Saturday to be abandoned by Monday. As the saying goes, "there's a reason you have two ears but only one mouth."
And what exactly is wrong with people getting lots of practice writing and lots of practice coding? You don't need to read what they've written.
I still need to determine whether it's worth reading. Private diaries/libraries are still useful, both for the writing and for the lack of publication.