What 67 Dev.to Posts in Three Months Taught Me About Writing for Developers

Short summary

A developer shares honest results from publishing 67 posts on dev.to in three months. The key insight: practical how-to content (like local AI setup with Ollama) consistently outperformed deep niche content (smart contract security) by 5x in views. The author learned to use popular topics as a delivery vehicle for niche expertise, ask specific questions to drive comments, and automate publishing with a cron script.

• •Practical how-to posts outperformed deep niche content 5:1 in views
• •Bridge strategy: use popular topics as a delivery vehicle for niche expertise
• •Specific end-of-post questions drove real comments; automated publishing via cron removed decision friction

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