Show HN: Writing for Software Developers
Something, something, “Build your brand by writing.”<p>Something, something, “Communicating with words is as important as communicating with code in a team setting.”<p>But moving up Maslow’s Hierarchy, writing about ideas you want to personally explore (a’la pg) is exactly how you force yourself to think those ideas through. It’s valuable in its own right, whether people read them and shower you with the “three Ps” or not.<p>So write, and write often. Do not spend great amounts of time carefully choosing what yo write. Just write, and incorporate feedback into your work. Revise endlessly, much as one refactors software endlessly.<p>Do not write about things that don’t interest you just because you get more up-boats for “How to use Flibbitz in a managed K8s container with XML configuration,” unless Flibbitz personally interests you.<p>Write about what tickles your brain, and keep at it incessantly. What little (and it’s not much in the scale of things) success I’ve had writing essays and books can all be traced back to writing about things I personally care about.