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Discussion on: I want to start writing about development, but I’m a beginner. Is this is a bad idea?

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𒎏Wii 🏳️‍⚧️ • Edited

If you find an answer on Stack Overflow, it's ripe to be re-described in the form of a simple blog post.

Dunno, to me that always felt like a form of plagiarism, at least unless there's a lot of added information. It's one thing to find a SO answer, spend an hour or two researching why it works, then writing on those findings. But simply re-phrasing it, adding nothing new, and writing an article on it is really just selling someone else's effort as your own.

EDIT: There's also the obvious option of linking to the original answer, copying the relevant code, and just pointing out what makes it interesting and ask for a discussion.