After several months of radio silence, I'm back at writing this newsletter. Let me tell you why I disappeared and, more importantly, what's coming next.
Why I Disappeared
Life got in the way, as it tends to do. I bought a house my first one and spent months renovating it from top to bottom. Between dealing with contractors, choosing tiles I'll probably regret in five years, and figuring out how rental agreements work when I decided to rent it out, my writing took a backseat.
Summer didn't help. For once, I decided to actually enjoy the nice weather with my partner instead of being glued to my laptop. You know, doing all those things people say you should do but rarely make time for.
Then there's my new obsession with running. I enrolled in a marathon and I'm running like a maniac, especially on weekends. Turns out training for 42 kilometers takes up a surprising amount of mental bandwidth who knew?
But the real reason I stopped writing runs deeper than busy schedules and summer distractions.
The Content Problem
I realized I don't want to and frankly, I can't keep writing my take on obvious, well-known, and thoroughly documented topics. No matter how entertaining I try to make it, a Pub/Sub pattern is always the same, and it's already explained in a million reputable places. No matter how much I want to showcase my knowledge, there are simply better resources out there for learning common patterns.
I cannot stand that kind of content anymore, and I sure as hell can't create it.
Most of my didactical content bored me to death. Looking back at what I've written both here and on X where I was trying to post consistently only the career-related pieces or the ones with practical examples actually interested me. I don't want to talk about stuff that bores me. I'm already struggling with liking my job and my field; I don't need to fuel the sensation that everything I do has lost its spark.
A New Direction
I'm writing again, but it's going to be different. Way more practical, way more interesting at least for me, and hopefully for you too. And don’t worry there will still be place for my rant about the industry and my draconian advice on career.
I'll focus on practical guides and real advice. If I talk about architecture, it'll only be through concrete examples and only if I consider the topic worthy of your time, but mostly my time. I love writing and I still love discovering new things I just can't force myself into content I don't want to create because "that's my role."
I want to write about my personal passions in IT. My love for Linux, learning programming languages I'll never use at work, frameworks that caught my eye, tools that make my life easier. The stuff that actually gets me excited about technology again.
I want to go back to writing because the process is fun, and the content should be fun too. Not everything needs to be a comprehensive guide or a definitive resource. Sometimes it's enough to share what you're curious about, what you're tinkering with, what made you think "huh, that's interesting" while scrolling through GitHub at 2 AM.
This is my newsletter, after all. Time to make it actually mine.
Welcome back, mate. I can't wait to read from you. And yes, congratulations on the new house.