Since the start of my career I’ve been keeping notes on the technical projects, challenges and solutions I’ve encountered. Some are just one paragraph of things I want to be able to look up later, and some turn out as full 6-part getting started series, like the attached blog series where I’m learning how Kubernetes works, and how to migrate applications and AI workloads to a cluster.
Before GPT and LLM’s, I must have consulted these kind of public blogposts on the open web thousands of times while learning and troubleshooting. If it wasn’t for this kind of public sharing of content, there would be no data for the LLM’s to train on, and the results wouldn’t be anywhere near as good as they produce now. Of course writing is not just about feeding the LLM’s, it is about structuring your thoughts, making a point and developing the skill of getting your point across.
Movements like indieweb.org, POSSE (publish on your own site, syndicate elsewhere), pkm and people like Bert Hubert, Nicole van der Hoeven Nick Milo and Ernst-Jan Pfauth have been good sources of inspiration on this topic. My “learning in public” is bringing me great benefits, such as improving my writing, starting conversations and getting feedback. If you aren’t already, give writing a shot, even if it’s just a comment, and let me know how it has served you!
https://hashbang.nl/blog/kubernetes-cluster-build-with-raspberry-pi-and-poe-hats