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You don't need to be an expert, you just need to know more than your audience. What I mean is, if you tailor your blog towards novices then no one will attack

You don't need to be an expert, you just need to know more than your audience. What I mean is, if you tailor your blog towards novices then no one will attack you if you don't know everything or even if you've gotten things wrong. However if you tailor your blog towards veterans in the field then you'd better know your stuff. The beauty is that as you learn you can teach more advanced subjects always catering to a group that is where you were a few months ago.

wanderingjew 9y ago
> If you tailor your blog towards novices then no one will attack you... This is just wrong. You will be attacked. You will be called an idiot. That's what the Internet is -- a manic outrage of keyboard kommandos punctuated by pictures of cats. The default comment on the Internet is outrage. If you write anything, your commenters will either be spam or people calling you an idiot. The trick is learning to brush it off and completely ignore this hate. Break through that and you can start producing interesting work. Most people don't manage to get to that breakthrough. Good luck.
- AlexeyBrin 9y ago
  > This is just wrong. You will be attacked. You will be called an idiot. That's what the Internet is -- a manic outrage of keyboard kommandos punctuated by pictures of cats. > The default comment on the Internet is outrage. If you write anything, your commenters will either be spam or people calling you an idiot. > The trick is learning to brush it off and completely ignore this hate. Break through that and you can start producing interesting work. Most people don't manage to get to that breakthrough. Good luck. A better approach is to try to learn from the critique you receive. Try to not take it personally when someone attacks you, instead see if he/she is right and try to improve yourself. Also, the tone in which you write your articles will, most of the time, set the tone of the comments you will receive. If you open with something like XXX is a horrible technology/language you will be called names for sure. A better approach is to write in a positive tone, e.g. present a (possibly) better alternative without bashing other languages or libraries.

wanderingjew 9y ago

> If you tailor your blog towards novices then no one will attack you... This is just wrong. You will be attacked. You will be called an idiot. That's what the Internet is -- a manic outrage of keyboard kommandos punctuated by pictures of cats. The default comment on the Internet is outrage. If you write anything, your commenters will either be spam or people calling you an idiot. The trick is learning to brush it off and completely ignore this hate. Break through that and you can start producing interesting work. Most people don't manage to get to that breakthrough. Good luck.

AlexeyBrin 9y ago
> This is just wrong. You will be attacked. You will be called an idiot. That's what the Internet is -- a manic outrage of keyboard kommandos punctuated by pictures of cats. > The default comment on the Internet is outrage. If you write anything, your commenters will either be spam or people calling you an idiot. > The trick is learning to brush it off and completely ignore this hate. Break through that and you can start producing interesting work. Most people don't manage to get to that breakthrough. Good luck. A better approach is to try to learn from the critique you receive. Try to not take it personally when someone attacks you, instead see if he/she is right and try to improve yourself. Also, the tone in which you write your articles will, most of the time, set the tone of the comments you will receive. If you open with something like XXX is a horrible technology/language you will be called names for sure. A better approach is to write in a positive tone, e.g. present a (possibly) better alternative without bashing other languages or libraries.