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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Top comments (71)
Hello I have **some questions **to ask you, if you will want to answer me :
So sorry for my bad english :)
No worries, happy to answer them:
Hope it helps! 🙏
Thanks for reply, I appreciate it
Congratulations Chriiiis 🎉 on both your pregnancy (please sends my congrats to your wife as well, so exciting!) and on your 1000 articles!! I'm glad to have been able to participate a bit on your journey and I've always been inspired by your dedication. You definitely deserve a break!!
Enjoy your new journey in life 🕊️ ✨
Thank you so much, more exciting things to come soon.
But first definitely enjoying that break!
That's a hell lot of articles. Congratulations 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
Could you share your dev.to stats?
Hey, thanks Harry
And sure, does this help:
(Missing some from the first days where I didn't repost I see.
Wao that's so amazing, you are about to cross 1M views. congratulations in advance ☺️
Keep doing it 🎉🎉
Congrats for the pregnancy, Chris! 🎉
Loved to see your blog content, but I understand if you think it's enough. I do admire your constancy! ❤️
I wish I have constancy as yours 😅
I'm looking forward to your next form of content!
And cheers to what the future brings! 🥂
Thanks a lot!
Your articles inspire me a lot, super calm and profesional way of explaining things 🥳
Thank you, Chris! 🙏😊
That is really an awesome achievement, Chris! Both the 1000 articles and the fatherhood, that is. Congratulations! You're officially awesome!
Thanks Alex, for all the lovely interactions and help over the years.
Any tips as a experienced dad?
Learn to function on a minimum of sleep. Teamwork helps a lot. Enjoy every moment, life doesn't have a rewind button.
This the first time I landed to your blog, Not read a single article before, unfortunately 😔
Though, I clicked follow on you just to learn consistency and dedication. It's like you have been rewarded a super power for what you do 🙂
A lession learnt, how to love your passion and dedicate yourself 😍
And, of course congratulations 🎉
Thanks Govind,
Well the 1000 articles are still there, so feel free to scroll through some 🥳
First of all Congratulations for your pregnancy and milestone and consistency..
Can you tell me where do you get these 3d images from or if you create youself which tools do you use for making these images.
These are one of the free Figma 3D packages 🥳
https://www.figma.com/community/search?resource_type=mixed&sort_by=popular&query=3d&editor_type=all
Congratulations Chris! Both on your personal life and on your stats. I admire you for your consistency in posting an article a day, and I know how hard it is as a fellow blogger.
If I were to ask you to give me one hint on improving a website's performance, what will you answer?
Thanks a lot!
It has been quite the challenge, but also a lot of fun!
For your question:
Keep it simple, follow semantics and cut things you don't need.
Also secondary, keep measuring like monthly :)
First, congratulations on your pregnancy. May he come with health and bring many blessings to his family. Secondly congratulations on 1000 articles. In fact, it is a herculean task, which requires dedication and, above all, a willingness to share knowledge and opinions. I can only wish you success, personally and professionally.
Sorry if I wrote something wrong but I had to resort to some "tools" to translate the text into English.
Thanks a lot!
Means a lot 🙏
Nice sir 👍❤️
Thanks
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
Thanks, that makes my day
1001?
Oeh dalmatian one 👀😂
Congratulations on becoming a dad. You're gonna need to make some content and hold ahead of the due date. The you have stuff to schedule later. You'll be too tired once the little on arrives.
I actually bought daily-dad-tips.com (no joke) 👀
Do you follow David Neal? He's a Dev advocate and speaker. He does sketch notes and did a daily dad joke sketch that he turned into a book. He @reverentgeek@techhub.social on social media.
Congratulations! It's an incredible achievement. How many unicorns did you get? I still have articles in draft, for almost a year.
xkcd.com/1000/
Nice work Chris! That's quite an accomplishment. And congrats to you and your wife! Time for your next big adventure. 🙂
Thanks a lot, can't wait for this new adventure