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Ask HN: How long does it take for you to write a blog post?

2 points| Nales | 3 years ago

I am not used to write blog posts. I have just posted here a quite small technical blog post (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34807152). This blog post took me a bit more than six hours to write for the English part, and two more for the translation. I know I would have written it faster if English were my native tongue, if I took less time to test the code snippets, or if I were less verbose.

I am curious to know how long does it take for you to write a blog post, and what advice do you have to speed up the writing process.

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ClapperHeid|3 years ago

It depends. Sometimes I'll knock one out in an afternoon [Fnar! Fnar!]. Other ones have taken me a few days to write. It really depends on the subject matter. A technical post requires more research, screen-grqbbing and checking than a "Get off my lawn!" rant.

PaulHoule|3 years ago

That’s not crazy. The one obvious thing to do is drop the translation and only write in one language. You have to test the code snippets if it is a quality programming blog and not a splog. Making it shorter will probably take longer.