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> 1. Write TILs. The only justification needed to publish one is "did I just learn something that was new to me?" - having such a low bar makes it much easier to publish frequently.

I would add "today I just explained" (whether an internet forum question, a new colleague, or my nana ;)

> 3. Learn to hit "publish" when you still aren't completely happy with what you have written. The alternative is never publishing anything at all!

Perfection is the enemy of progress! (And there's always an edit button ;)




My blogging flow doesn’t have an edit button. I email a blog post which gets published for the world to see.

So, there is not always an edit button.


The limit to the way to edit a blog post is your imagination

1. Delete it and write a new one

2. Close your account and send DMCA takedown notices to the server, then replace with a clone of your old posts plus an updated one.

There's /always/ an edit button, just, it might be shaped a bit differently than you have previously imagined ;)




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