Recently, for months, weeks and days, I’ve been working on a big “Markdown project”. The usual time is not enough. The remaining time from 9 to 6 is far from enough. Over the weekend, while filling in a few technical tips and notes from this week and month, I realized: Well, I have 700+ blogs. Add in the time, seven years, and the average is about 100 per year. In terms of numbers, it’s probably a little scary. I, on the other hand, am probably a few bloggers.

A huge number of blogs, dribbling out the “good name” of Markdown consultants; It also enabled me to index a series of e-books and build a complete knowledge system one after another. A long time, always GET a new achievement, write a summary of the article. I’m motivated to continue to share relevant knowledge. This time, I just wanted to write about dim sum and make fun of it.

A set-top box has a better memory than you

After writing more blogs, I realized that all pits will be trample again — even if you don’t trample, someone will trample behind you. Don’t fall into the same hole three times. The first time, I don’t think I’ll step in the second. Once the second time, it means that the third time is not far off.

We tend to forget all about the capabilities of a technology stack after six months. Such is the case with frameworks, tools, plug-ins that are accidentally used. In daily development, we only need one tool or another, and when we run into difficult bugs, there’s a lot of room to explore. Backend interfaces, browsers, compilers, JavaScript interpreters, operating systems… There’s no end to it.

Once the pit is big, might as well pick up the keyboard, record. What if, you know, you hook up with another guy who’s fucked up?

Outline, created later

Technical articles and even ordinary articles, are not inspired, can be written at a draught. Occasionally, may be able to meet so many times, at one go. Oh, yeah. It was a stroke of luck.

Even if it’s an essay, make a rough draft, write down more or less a large number of keywords, and have an outline. If you ask me, this outline is the biggest waste of energy, you can write down a few levels of headings and it will fall into place.

Fill in the details over a few minutes, hours, or days. The general mode of creation is generally like this, such as drawing a sketch, satisfied and then refine.

Find the best tools!

When we write, we need all the right tools, mechanical keyboards, ergonomic mice, macBooks…

Good tools are really important because they make you realize that you’re not really in the zone.

When you already have the best tools, what else can you think of?

“Good equipment can help a little bit, but the truth is, you’re only as good as your fingers.”

Focus! Focus! Focus!

High concentration for long periods of time is almost impossible. People are not robots. They can reboot quickly.

Rest -> work -> work -> rest, even the Pomodoro technique, is pretty good.

If there’s an IM alert, an email, a notification, it’s hard to keep your mind free of love.

When I want to concentrate on writing, I turn off IM and put on my headphones — Sony Walkman good. After 20 to 30 minutes, swipe wechat moments and Zhihu, and then go back to work.

If there’s something that’s always appealing, do it for a while and come back to work.

Search! Filter! The index!

What we lack is not information, but too much information. It’s a new trend to filter out what we need from a pile of information.

When I write about a topic I’m familiar with, but I don’t know much about. I will use Google to search relevant materials and record some relevant keywords in my notes. When I think they are similar to what I want, I can enter the next stage of writing.

The process is: explore -> search -> filter -> organize -> index -> write

With this ability, it is easy to start from nothing and enter a new field.

Anxious! The best motivation to learn

The trend of we media in recent years is selling anxiety. All sorts of tech companies are doing this, using anxiety to drive traffic, and paying for all sorts of knowledge. Knowledge can solve your anxiety problems if you pay for it. Then you buy, not necessarily grow, but always make yourself feel better. Even if you have to step out of your comfort zone one day, it’s not that likely.

I’m anxious too. I’m always worried about falling too far behind. As a consultant, I have to be half a step ahead of my clients. In addition to learning speed, there are new knowledge concepts. Any company could be a future customer, and I needed to learn about the technology that could create value.

Anxiety becomes the motivation to learn new things, which leads to new articles and a lot of traffic.

Ignore keyboard man

The costs of being a keyboard warrior are low, so ignore them. When you are a blogger of some renown, you have to face these tests. And keyboard man, always a double standard:

  • “Gee, no one writes a blog to teach new people.”
  • “This author, how is writing a tutorial again. “

Keep in mind: Keyboard warriors can easily change their ids on any platform, but we can’t.

If he/she wants to hit him/her in the face, let him/her. It doesn’t hurt.

There are many trolls, and trolls are directly proportional to popularity. So, ignore the keyboard man.

Tech bloggers, not We-media

The biggest difference between “we media” and technical bloggers is that technical bloggers mainly write about technology, while “We media” is just chicken soup covered with technology.

Occasionally chicken soup, everyone happy happy, looking for a new direction; The long-term chicken soup is a symbol of technological retrogression.

Come on, there’s still chicken soup!