Make it public

I have been thinking a lot, in a clearly disorganized way, on how to compile all the small learnings, tips and insights I’ve been gathering through all my programming career. I’ve used many tools, I’ve even used apps that appeared and later disappeared in a span of two or three years. However, yesterday, while daydreaming on a Sunday afternoon I realized I should just bundle them all together in one place and make it public.

My main concern about doing this, because this is not something that I haven’t thought before, is that everything I have to write is already 100% available elsewhere; it’s nothing new. This issue has stopped me for years from writing a blog; am I bringing something interesting and new to the table? NO. Can anyone find this information elsewhere? Totally. So why should I write it? Well, I found some kind of reason and maybe it’s because I’ve started to get into my 100% adult phase, maybe.

I need to practice my English. Learning languages, by my own uninvestigated, untrustworthy and whimsical knowledge, is based on four simple pillars; read, write, listen and talk. So I need a place to write something and this is a good opportunity. It rings all the bells, because I have a place to write about topics related to the vocabulary, expressions, and dynamics I’m most interested in learning and practicing.

I have some knowledge. I’m pretty sure it’s not so fancy, but think in this way; between having all this knowledge in notes, Feedly archives, Karakeep, Simplenotes, or just in my head; I think it’s so much better to just give it some form and publish it on the internet. It’s just as the old days where blogs were starting. Do you feel the romantic vibe?

So, what is all this about? I will start saving every lesson I have learned, every piece of programming and related topics I have and every new insight that appears into this humble and probably unread blog. I will start remembering old good lessons and of course bringing new ones, and, if by any chance are you reading this, I just hope it helps :D