You're Not Writing Enough

25 Feb 2025 #writing

That was my favorite lesson from the book Writing for Developers.

We could always write more. I could have written more. I abandoned my blog for months back in 2023. I burned out and instead of doubling down on what I enjoyed, I abandoned it. Arrggg!

Content ideas and posts are everywhere.

Every bug fixed is a post. Every subject you’re learning is a post. Every time you struggle to figure something out is a post. Every job interview. Every performance review. Every promotion. Every book. Every mentorship session. They’re all posts.

The same way we read biographies to look for success clues, we could leave our own success clues in every post. We could build our own public time capsule.

From Just write by “Chasing Brains”:

Don’t over-engineer your site. Don’t even check the grammar. Just write 100 words and hit publish.

No matter if it’s a small bug fix or a career event, don’t create, but document.

If you’re interested in writing, read four lessons for a coder struggling to write and always write about what you do at work.