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Discussion on: Your own programming blog πŸ““

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Seva Zaikov

To start with, write stuff regularly. There are a lot of blogs with one/two posts, and nothing else.
Also, there is a trap called "overengineering". People get excited, research static generators for days, and after can even roll their own. The reality is that literally anything will work (even bare HTML, but there are limitations, like RSS, markdown support, etc).

Sometimes people set up their custom blog and write about it, and that's all (aforementioned one–two posts). Instead, write a post about something you work with, or curious about. Don't try to get many ideas in the beginning, they will start to emerge after you begin to write. And link to your old posts!

To make a list:

  1. Don't overengineer tech side
  2. Write regularly
  3. Topics will emerge after you start

Good luck!

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Pritesh Usadadiya

i am in process of building my own blog.

Sometimes people set up their custom blog and write about it, and that's all (aforementioned one–two posts).

This is spot on. The first post i wrote is about setting up the blog.

Instead, write a post about something you work with, or curious about. Don't try to get many ideas in the beginning, they will start to emerge after you begin to write. And link to your old posts!

Okay, i'm taking your advice on this. i have already wrote first post on setting up blog and wanted to write more on that . But not anymore, i am going to write something related to my area of work.

Thank you for the directions @bloomca