In practice, I just kept writing more and more of these "early drafts" and didn't write any blog articles... -- Is this a net positive? Or Negativer? Seems li

In practice, I just kept writing more and more of these "early drafts" and didn't write any blog articles... -- Is this a net positive? Or Negativer? Seems like it could go either way. HN inspiring you to write down an idea/develop it you otherwise would not have. And perhaps providing feedback/criticism (on a point-by-point-basis). Both of those are good things. OTOH, if the idea ends up only partly-developed, never fully, and you move forever on ("itch=scratched"), then perhaps it is worse, because in effect it keeps you from developing /any/ ideas fully. Did you write other blog posts (from other motivation)?