Comment by medhir

Yes — I set out to write a blogging platform to learn tools of the trade when I first was getting into the workforce in 2017. It’s been an on and off effort over years, and I don’t actually have that much writing to show.

Taking simonw’s advice (shout out since I see he also contributed to this thread), I’m trying to be less precious about my writing. I finally published a post that I’ve been wanting to see out in the world for years and it got to the front page of HN, which was of course immensely gratifying.

My motivation is partly “branding”, but also because I am a strong proponent of owning your own digital presence. Even if nothing ever came of it, there’s an artifact I can point to that’s a deep expression of my own sensibilities, and that’s what keeps me going.