[reaperducer]

Blog posts other developers make detailing the way they've built a particular project

The hard part is finding the right blog. There are a ton of blogs out there from developers with little experience who are convinced that their way of doing things is the best/only/right way. The blogs are often nothing more than SEO for their resumes.

For that reason, I'd lean heavier on books. At least with books there is some filter. Yes, it can be incomplete and sporadic, but it's often better than the wild west of bad information out there, especially in web dev blogs.

[BucketSort]

Yes, good point. Usually you can filter blogs by reading the comments and seeing the reception it got as well as the popularity. If it is an open source project, you can see the stars on GH and read through the issues on the repo to further filter. Books get outdated very quickly for modern tech stacks. I would recommend them for the fundamentals, but not contemporary stuff. You obviously have to do your due diligence here. Researching the author is also important obviously if you are going to truly heed their advice.