I am working on writing blog posts, struggling, but still trying. My hope is that it will help me communicate better. My first posts have been...meh.
I've also had situations come up again and don't always immediately remember how I resolved it last time.
>But sometimes you will get some feedback. And sometimes that feedback is nasty.
Hopefully I wont be one of these, but why do you use bad AI images as the most prominent piece in your posts ?
I've read one post and its not bad, but the images you use just really put me off. They give the felling of 'cheap'/'low effort', which is not an accurate representation of the text you wrote.
If that is an intentional stylistic choice, you should make it more clear to the reader. Maybe add a tagline to your blog? Adjust the theme? Or maybe add something in the text to make it clear why you made that choice.
In a sense using these kind of images is almost like a 'reverse clickbait', where you hide good content behind a really off-putting image and this prevents some from reaching the content you created. Personally, when I see bad AI images I just assume the text will be just a copy and paste from ChatGPT so I generally don't bother reading it.
This is not a rant against AI. I think you could have the same situation using bad stock images, for example.
I use my blog (https://codereviewvideos.com/) for a combination of sharing / remembering solutions to weird / interesting technical problems, and for documenting my learning.
Just hit publish.
Most of the time you get absolutely no feedback. Heck, most of the time you get absolutely no views!
But sometimes you will get some feedback. And sometimes that feedback is nasty. So you put that in the bin.
Occassionally someone will contribute a really useful and interesting comment, maybe months after you wrote something (and completely forgot about), which can lead to all sorts of places. I've kept in regular contact with several commenters, and when they share their blogs I go there and comment, too. It's like the olden days of link wheels and what-not, instead of the forced "go comment for back links" the web has become in more recent years.
I blog loads - https://cyclingindoors.co.uk/ is another one, tracking my fitness. It's one of the best things I've ever done.
Seriously, just hit publish!