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by palmy 2752 days ago
If time allows it and I want to ensure I understand some concept, explaining it to someone tend to be very useful. Writing a blog post is then a great way to do so without requiring one of my friends to listen!

I do this without even publishing the posts. As mentioned in one of the other comments, I am vary of making these accessible for the public due to lack of "oversight". I feel like there's a responsibility when sharing information, and if I'm not 100% sure what I've written is correct, I don't want to mislead people. And even if correct, one should really ask themselves if it actually adds something to the topic which is otherwise not easily accessible. I think this is especially important to ask today when there is so much information already available.

Hence I actually think writing blog posts as means of understanding is a really goof approach; whether or not the piece should be made public is something that should then be judged case-by-case.

2 comments

“Rubber-duck writing.” I like it.
vary -> wary

goof -> good

:)

Cheers :) Autocorrect got me real goof!