I think you might want to look at it from a different perspective. Your wife has already decided what to write about, so look at it from the 'who would want to

I think you might want to look at it from a different perspective. Your wife has already decided what to write about, so look at it from the 'who would want to read and why would they want to read about it'. Much of the HN community are already developers, so is there something in your wife's content we would gain from reading it? What about beginning software developers? Would they want to learn from your wife instead of maybe some more experienced developers? I don't mean to sound sexist here, but your wife is returning to the workforce after having a child. How many other women are in the same boat, have programmed before, or would like to start? How many of them would relate to your wife's situation, and just need a bit of encouragement? There are probably other groups as well, that have a similar feeling to undertaking learning to program. Often software engineers can over complicate simple concepts, maybe your wife would make it all more approachable. Do I think your wife's blog has value? Probably, but the right question is, to who?