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6th August 2026 - Link Blog
Simon Willison on Technical Blogging. I was interviewed by Cynthia Dunlop for her "Write that blog!" series back in January, but I just realized I never linked to the interview from my own blog!
It includes my answers to the following questions:
Why did you start blogging – and why do you continue?
What has been the most surprising impact of blogging for you?
What blog post are you most proud of and why?
What post was the most difficult to write and how did you tackle it?
Any lessons learned that you want to share with the community?
Your advice for people just getting started with blogging?
A few blogs that you particularly enjoy?
I'll repeat my most important piece of advice here:
My number one tip for blogging is to lower your standards! Aim to hit publish while you are still actively unhappy with what you have written, because the only alternative is a huge folder full of drafts and never publishing anything at all.
Nobody will ever know how perfect the thing you intended to write would have been. The flaws you see in your writing are invisible to everyone else.
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This is a link post by Simon Willison, posted on 6th August 2026.
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