Why You Should Start Blogging (Even If Nobody Will Read It)

Let's talk about the, now almost dead!?, art of blogging... And not just blogging in the narrow sense of "write articles on your own website", but the broader idea of putting your knowledge out into the world. That could be blog posts, videos, podcasts, open-source projects, documentation, or any other format where you share what you've learned. The TL;DR really is: you should start. Not when you feel "ready". Not when your writing is perfect. Not when you have a huge audience. Now. OK, but why!? Because blogging is not just about building an audience. It's about improving your thinking, sharpening your writing, documenting your journey, and creating opportunities for yourself that would never appear otherwise. ⚠️ Oh, and just so I address the elephant in the room - using the latest LLM can surely help you, but if you don't even edit the text and bring in "some of your own spice to it", you're missing the point. If you're more of an audio type, you can listen to the podcast episode on