[mattlutze]

If you'd like to blog and write, maybe just write for yourself, don't put any trackers on it, don't put any ads on it.

The grind culture thing comes from people trying to make money off of their blogs. So, don't do it for the money :)

If you get to a point where your hosting provider comes knocking because you're generating too much traffic, you'll have a good inflection point to determine if there's some way to get the blog to pay for its own hosting without you having to change your approach (tip services are cool for this).

[ikr678]

Unfortunately, if you are quietly producing quality text content on a topic and not monetising it, someone else will steal it.

I've seen this a few times in very non-technical domains, eg Fishing hardware and ceramic glazing. https://www.alanhawk.com/reviews/reviews.html has frequently had content stolen and republished on seo gamed listicle sites or used verbatim in youtube videos.