Chris Bongers

Posted on Dec 22, 2022 • Originally published at daily-dev-tips.com

I wrote 1000 articles, what’s next?

#webdev #beginners #watercooler

Most of you know me for my consistency, a golden arrow in my blog series.

I've written 1000 articles in 1008 days!
Almost an article a day, and my honeymoon was the only holiday I ever took.

I'm super proud of this achievement; it has been a fantastic journey.

But what's next?

And it took me a while to think about that.
Do I want to continue writing daily? Do I want to try out other things? What is the next big thing?

And before answering that, I need to open up about the fact that writing daily is super unique, and I loved it, but it was also quite draining towards the 1000th article.

And then something magical and exciting changed my whole thinking about everything.

We got pregnant!
So amazing, and I'm ready to become a dad.

What to expect

So alright, what to expect from me in the future?
I will never stop creating content as I enjoy it so much, but I decided to move away from daily content.

There are a couple of aspects I want to try to find the next best thing:

Youtube videos
Long-form articles
Ebooks

Between those, I'll dedicate more time per content piece and might even go deeper into some of the ones I already created.

Besides that, I have a few hobby projects and ideas I want to execute, so keep an eye out for those.

What about the site?

Well, I might drop an article irregularly as I see fit, but the truth is, I'm planning on selling the website.

It's been my baby for almost three years, and it has matured a lot to a point where I'd love to see someone take it over and keep providing unique content for new developers.

If that person is you, please do get in touch 🙏.

Some numbers

Many of you probably came here to see some numbers, right?
What do 1000 articles represent?

And here are some of them:

528704 words
1920 newsletter subscribers
160K+ page views every month
110+ #1 ranked google queries
an average of 100K impressions daily
5K clicks on search terms alone
And so much more

I couldn't be happier.
In the beginning, I'd never thought that would even be possible, yet I achieved it.

And that's not because of my writing, but because of all you amazing people motivating me and reading the articles.

So from the bottom of my heart:

Thank you for joining me on this journey.

Thank you for reading, and let's connect!

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Oldest comments (71)

Aneeqa Khan • Dec 22 '22

Many congratulations Chris!

Chris Bongers • Dec 23 '22

Thanks 🥳

Alex Lohr • Dec 22 '22

That is really an awesome achievement, Chris! Both the 1000 articles and the fatherhood, that is. Congratulations! You're officially awesome!

Chris Bongers • Dec 23 '22

Thanks Alex, for all the lovely interactions and help over the years.
Any tips as a experienced dad?

Alex Lohr • Dec 23 '22

Learn to function on a minimum of sleep. Teamwork helps a lot. Enjoy every moment, life doesn't have a rewind button.

Ramo Mujagic • Dec 22 '22

Amazing effort. Congrats 🎉

Chris Bongers • Dec 23 '22

Thanks a lot

Pavel Rossinsky • Dec 22 '22

That's impressive. Congratulations!

Chris Bongers • Dec 23 '22

Thank you 🙏

artydev • Dec 22 '22 • Edited

Hy Chris,

You are an example for me :-)
For the site I would be very interested but I am not very brave at writing...

Regards

Chris Bongers • Dec 23 '22

Thanks, that makes my day

Amir-cahyadi • Dec 22 '22

Nice sir 👍❤️

Chris Bongers • Dec 23 '22

Thanks

Leonardo Montini • Dec 22 '22

I was waiting for this post a few days ago when I noticed you were at ~990 :D

Congratulations Chris and good luck for your future!

Chris Bongers • Dec 23 '22

Fun fact: I actually thought 990 was the day, and miscalculated 😅

Harry • Dec 22 '22

That's a hell lot of articles. Congratulations 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

Could you share your dev.to stats?

Chris Bongers • Dec 23 '22

Hey, thanks Harry

And sure, does this help:

(Missing some from the first days where I didn't repost I see.

Harry • Dec 24 '22

Wao that's so amazing, you are about to cross 1M views. congratulations in advance ☺️

Keep doing it 🎉🎉

Mike Talbot ⭐ • Dec 22 '22

That's acheivement through dedication! Well done, what a great success.

Congratulations on your upcoming fatherhood, a great educator is going to make a great parent!

Chris Bongers • Dec 23 '22

Thanks a lot, hope he takes after both his parents a bit 😂

Dev Geos • Dec 22 '22

Hello I have **some questions **to ask you, if you will want to answer me :

How long have you been writing articles ?
Did you start from scratch (with seo of your site) or did it already have some visibility at the beginning of your challenge?
Did daily writing give more visibility on your blog and how much ?
Do you have a particular intention when you started this challenge ?
What advice would you give to someone who wants to try it ?

So sorry for my bad english :)

Chris Bongers • Dec 23 '22

No worries, happy to answer them:

This blog 1008 days 👀
I stated with nothing, literally day one was the launch of the domain and new twitter account and empty mailing list
Hmm yeah I think so because people got inspiring by the consistency so lot of shout-outs from that
Nope, weird enough not! I just wanted to write and learn some dev things I didn't have time for at work
Try short stints like 10 articles in 10 days, or 30 days of writing.

Hope it helps! 🙏