💡 Blogging as a Dev: What I’ve Learned About My Brain by Writing Consistently

Before I started blogging regularly, I thought writing was just… typing out what I already knew.

Turns out? It’s reverse engineering your own brain in public.

Today’s focus is less about traffic numbers and more about what writing has actually done to my thinking, my coding, and how I show up creatively.

🧩 Writing Reveals What You Don’t Know

I can’t count how many times I sat down to write a “quick tutorial” on something I thought I understood, only to realize I was missing key context, edge cases, or a better approach entirely.

“If you can’t explain it simply, you don’t understand it well enough.” – Einstein (and every confused dev mid-post)

Blogging forced me to slow down and connect the mental shortcuts I normally skip past while coding.

🧼 Writing Makes You Clean Up Mental Clutter

Dev work is messy. Our brains get cluttered with unfinished tickets, tabs, tools, and half-learned APIs.

Blogging gave me a mental declutter button.

When I write:

• I re-evaluate tools I use by explaining them
• I strip code down to its essence
• I see what actually matters to readers, not just to me

🧠 I Remember Things Better

When I write about something (especially if I explain it to beginners) it sticks.

Not because I memorized it… but because I processed it.

Blogging became my form of spaced repetition, but with SEO benefits.

🪄 Unexpected Mindset Wins

• I stopped gatekeeping my own ideas. That “small trick” or “weird edge case” post? Sometimes it’s my top performer.
• I became less afraid to share imperfect thoughts. Publishing something 80% polished is better than sitting on drafts forever.
• I found my voice: part informative, part playful, part “why is there confetti in this tutorial?”

📣 If You’re a Dev Thinking About Blogging…

• Start today. Write one paragraph about something you solved recently.
• Explain it like you’re DM’ing it to a curious coworker.
• Don’t worry about perfection! Worry about clarity.

And if you are blogging already: go back and read one of your old posts. I guarantee you’ll notice how much better you explain things now.

Conclusion

Tomorrow, I’ll share my most random SEO wins and why they still confuse me (but I’m not complaining).

If you’ve had mindset shifts through blogging, I’d love to hear them! Drop a comment or tag me.