Does technical blogging spark joy?

I blog because I want to share knowledge. That’s how I have fun. It feels rewarding to sit down and formulate your thoughts after spending a week researching a topic for a side project. Oftentimes, such topics are largely unexplored: with the basics being too obvious and other topics laid out clearly, the remains are bound to be unconventional.

To me, that’s a positive thing. It’s my chance to make progress in a stale and closed industry, not to mention that exploration is a lost art in the age of vibecoding.

I love weird and deeply technical blogs like The Old New Thing, jart’s, and Lemire’s, and for a long while I had assumed that others would love mine the same way. Sure, I’m not as good at writing, but the ideas should shine through regardless.