[pothibo]

This is the most important lesson for anyone who would like to start blogging.

So many times I've started and trashed drafts because I thought it was dumb, stupid and that everyone ought to know what I was writing about.

But then, once in a while, I start writing a post and decide to post it whatever happens. Every single time, I get people thanking me for writing it up. I have people saying how it helped them.

So yes, blog little things. I don't blog little things as much as I should.

And as a side note, comments on blog are usually troll. I have so many comments saying how I'm dumb and how I don't understand how programming works. These people are just frustrated by their own lack of knowledge. Ignore the troll and keep blogging. This might sound personal and what not. Feel free to ignore this comment if you think I'm full of it :)

[agumonkey]

Even for you, many use blogging as a note-for-future-self.

[pothibo]

That's absolutely right. I can't count the times I have come back to my blog to read about something I need to do right now that I did 6 months ago.

[agumonkey]

my-own-commandlinefu.com

[jwdunne]

As a side note, your markdown parser story was an interesting read. I felt disappointed when I got to the end, I wanted to read about the rest of the implementation journey!

[pothibo]

That post is a perfect example of my bloggin issues. I wrote the first part and felt nobody cared so I didn't write the second one. I guess I should take my own advice and write that second part ;)

[angst_ridden]

I have a blog where a few years ago I started posting stupid little problems I'd solved.

Usually, they involve obscure combinations of technologies, or using a common technology on an obscure platform.

Some of the things I thought were almost too stupid to bother publishing generate the highest traffic. It's admittedly tiny traffic across the board. But I get a few comments like "thanks, mate, didn't know how to solve this!" which makes it worthwhile.

[pyre]

One thing to note is that even the mundane can be enthralling in the hands of a good writer / storyteller.

[Killswitch]

Funny that you and this thread exist, because I literally just put up my 11th version of my site and the first post is about this exact subject.