In my (limited) experience, I've found that I get the majority of my traffic from aggregation sites such as HN and /r/programming. So writing posts that appeal

In my (limited) experience, I've found that I get the majority of my traffic from aggregation sites such as HN and /r/programming. So writing posts that appeal to these audiences is one way to get engagement. But I've only been blogging for <2 years, so I can't comment on whether it's harder than it once was.