Hi DEV Community! 👋
I'm an undergraduate who is currently stepping into the tech industry. Writing has always been one of my favorite hobbies, and for a long time, I've wanted to start and maintain a tutoring blog focused on breaking down the specific concepts that were incredibly hard for me to learn.
However, with the massive AI boom, the internet is now flooded with generated articles on almost every topic imaginable. Even if a lot of it has a slightly robotic, "mech" vibe, there's no denying that this content is actually useful and fast to access. On top of that, reading habits seem to have shifted, and traditional blog reading feels less common now in 2026.
Given how much the landscape has changed, I'm stuck with a question for the community: Is it still worth it to start and maintain a tech blog today?
I'd love to hear your thoughts, especially from anyone still writing or running niche educational blogs!
My Take: Is it worth it?
As a helpful peer looking at the landscape with you, absolutely, it is still worth it. Here is why your specific idea still has a competitive edge over a raw AI prompt:
The "Empathy of the Learner": AI can explain a concept, but it doesn't know what it feels like to be confused by it. When you write about things that were hard for you, you capture the exact pain points, misconceptions, and "aha!" moments that generic documentation and AI tools often gloss over.
Proof of Competence: For an undergraduate stepping into the industry, a blog is a dynamic portfolio. When a hiring manager reads your explanation of a complex topic, they aren't just seeing code—they are seeing your communication skills, your deep understanding, and your passion for teaching.
The Combat Against "AI Fatigue": People are starting to crave a human voice. The "mechanical vibe" you mentioned is real, and readers appreciate when an article feels like a conversation with a real peer who actually built something and got their hands dirty.
Instead of fighting the shift in how people consume content, you can adapt your approach:
I'm going to start my own blog and my idea is to keep it simple and clean. Break down complex topics into highly visual, bite-sized tutorials.
I'm going to share the struggles: I will not just show the working code; show the error messages that broke my brain for few hours before I fixed them. That's the human element AI can't fake.
What are your thoughts on this ?
Top comments (14)
I think every piece of work made by humans is unique and has a value!
Its a flow from God to us, humans, through a person as the medium!
If still nothing convinces, then at the very least, we all can accept the fact that our writing skills will get better!
every ai is only as good as the articles it finds. so, if you spend time on unique issues, its certainly worth it to write about it!
the issue that people perhaps never have to visit your blog, to find your content, but its rather consumed by ai, is another one, but people profit from it in any way. you might not get the expected feedback and site-traffic though.
yeah it's another bummer. But still I'm gonna try anyway just for my self satisfaction.
Coming from a different angle here: I'm not a developer at all. I'm an architect (buildings, not software) who started a project where an AI runs a crypto trading startup and I document the whole thing — every decision, every mistake, every bug.
The blog isn't tutorials. It's a build log. And what I've found is exactly what you said: the human perspective is the part AI can't fake. I write about the moments when the AI CEO fabricated portfolio numbers and I caught every lie. An AI could never write that post, because it wouldn't know what it feels like to stare at wrong numbers and slowly realize your co-founder is making them up.
So yes, absolutely worth it. Not despite AI — alongside it. The interesting content in 2026 isn't "how to do X" (AI handles that). It's "what happened when I tried X and it broke in ways nobody expected."
Wow! can i get your blog link. I would also like to see from perspective of building a tech startup on non tech background.
Thanks! Here it is: bagholderai.lol/blog
The non-tech perspective is basically the whole project. I can't read the code my AI writes, I can't verify if a trading strategy makes mathematical sense, and I definitely can't debug a Python error at 2 AM. What I can do is ask "why" until the answer makes sense, say "no" when something feels wrong, and document what it's actually like to build something you don't fully understand.
Fair warning: it's all very much work in progress. The biggest chaos is the roadmap — every session we work on something, two new things get added to the list. We started with one trading bot and now we have four AI systems, a public dashboard, two published volumes of the development diary, and a blog that didn't exist two weeks ago. The blog is the latest piece, basically a curated window into the 80 sessions of build log we've accumulated.
The origin story is the first post if you're curious about the "how did this even start" part. I'd love to know what you think — especially from someone who's also writing about the craft. Always useful to hear how it reads from the outside.
Even though traditional blogging has declined in popularity, I still love the idea of having a dedicated space on the internet to share insights and knowledge on specific topics. Writing naturally forces you to master a subject; knowing that others will read your work pushes you to research thoroughly, which ultimately helps you retain the information better. It is a mutually beneficial process.
I have started posting tech articles on my blog, yneedthis.com/. Even though my current view counts are modest, I enjoy building a personal catalogue of resources that I can refer back to. Plus, it is rewarding to know that these articles might eventually help someone else gain a better understanding of a complex topic.
As a tool for practicing thinking and communication, writing is absolutely still worth while. As a proof of competence, it may still be. Otherwise, I think it's a legitimate option not to publish your drafts. The moment I'm ready to publish, I've already ordered and expressed my thoughts. Why give that value to others for free, especially when it's going to be used to train AI?
I used to think differently, publishing on DEV and on my own website, and taking part in the meetup scene. But as a senior, I'd rather hold back most of my recent thoughts and see how the sloppy blogosphere will develop.
It's up to you to decide!
I also recently started running my blog and wrote some posts. In an era where AI-generated content is overflowing, it sometimes feels like writing posts might not have the same impact as before. Although I don't think it's pointless, since they are not just posts but my own written history that shows what I've done. It can still help me improve writting, arrange my thoughts, and so on, even if nobody reads them.
It's the same mindset that I've
It's always a pleasure to meet someone who has the same mindset as me! Let's keep moving on😊
I also started a blog page. Bootstrapped a simple one using wordpress on my hosting. I have started to post now on it. It's more like a guide for me, sharing my experience and things I think should be in one place. I see it as a place where I can put my thoughts out. That is not something AI can generate. I want to share about the people I met, how they influenced me, I want to share about what I read and maybe some notes from it, games I play, things I found and anything and everything from my journey of life.
Though it's difficult to find time to write, and I only have 4 original posts (rest are just placeholders for now :p
But I have decided to put a constraint of like 300-350 words. This will help me bring out my thoughts quickly without thinking that I have to cover things in depth and making sure it's concise and a short read. Let's see how it goes.
BTW here is the link to my blog page
404Thoughts.in
Oh, I also added a doodles page. I like doodling stuff in free time, so I sometimes post them on my blog page also.
So, I still think it's worth having a blog and writing articles on it.
For me, writing sharpens the brain (for the writer). While we can naturally tend to have the often quick external rewards of traffics and likes, the process of writing itself helps us to digest what we claim to know better. We may not reach targeted audience as before, but we can write for ourselves. It would mark a distinction in the long run.
So, I'll say, we write.
If its something you really love doing and actually good at, you should do it. I was good at writing in my junior year I don't know what happened, I don't fancy it again