We can't beat AI on speed.
AI is getting faster, better, and stronger. In seconds, it can produce a post about almost any topic in any writing style. A tutorial about version control with Git? Beep, beep, boop! AI spits it out.
The battle against AI-generated content is lost.
Even if one day AI writes better and faster, I'll still write because:
Writing is learning: If you want to check if you understand a subject, try writing about it.
Writing is teaching: You don't need a lecture hall to teach or share anything. Simply write about it and share it online.
Writing brings clear thinking: This reason is strong enough not to outsource our writing to AI.
Writing is building a time capsule: Writing is leaving breadcrumbs of what we were learning and doing. It's leaving success clues. It's a time capsule.
Writing is free, public therapy: In 2024, I applied to FAANG and failed. Instead of ranting that hiring is broken, I decided to write about it. It was liberating. But I'm not applying to a FAANG anytime soon.
Writing is an exercise for my creative mind: Writing is part of my daily routine to do something for my body, mind, and spirit each day.
And more importantly, 7. writing helped me recover from burnout.
In 2024, I took officially my first writing class.
It was the first step toward taking my writing seriously after about five years of blogging. Writing daily was part of welcoming a sense of joy into my life after all the dissatisfaction and disengagement of burning out.
In the end, writing rescued me.
Even if AI splits the world into writers and not-writers, even if it spits words faster than I ever could, I'll continue writing, for my health, for my joy, for myself.
Writing has been one of the best skills I've developed as a coder. That's why I included it in my book, Street-Smart Coding. The roadmap for your journey from junior/mid-level to senior coder.
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