A place on the internet that you own and can write your thoughts down is very valuable. Yes, there are other services that you can leverage (medium, Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, LinkedIn, stack overflow, to name a few, depending on your content and desired reach) but your content there will alwybe subject to the whims of others. Big companies aren't always going to have your best interest at heart.
It's a bit of a pain to set up, but as the article states, you get your own space. Writing is one of the ways I learn best, and any writing I do is highly leveragable and can be used by folks far into the future. With your own site, you also have, again as the article states, a place to do low risk but still meaningful technical exploration.
I have had my own site for almost 20 years and look forward to having it for 20 more.
Also, see this post from Dion Almaer about bringing content back to his site vs a third party service:
This is the comment I came here for. It's always a good idea to have your own spot on the Internet that you have control over, and can write about whatever you like.
My website is my username DOT org, for anyone who is curious.
A place on the internet that you own and can write your thoughts down is very valuable. Yes, there are other services that you can leverage (medium, Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, LinkedIn, stack overflow, to name a few, depending on your content and desired reach) but your content there will alwybe subject to the whims of others. Big companies aren't always going to have your best interest at heart.
It's a bit of a pain to set up, but as the article states, you get your own space. Writing is one of the ways I learn best, and any writing I do is highly leveragable and can be used by folks far into the future. With your own site, you also have, again as the article states, a place to do low risk but still meaningful technical exploration.
I have had my own site for almost 20 years and look forward to having it for 20 more.
Also, see this post from Dion Almaer about bringing content back to his site vs a third party service:
https://blog.almaer.com/almaer-com-reopens-for-business/