A personal blog? Why?

Plenty of reasons, I figured.

As every professional software engineer would do, I googled “Why personal blog”. I didn’t read any of those 114M hits, though.

114M hits on Google? It seems like a good idea already!

My *very* personal 5 reasons Ⓒ

I recently decided to create and maintain my own blog because…

1. Hosting is cheaper than paper.
   I’ve always been a fan of old-fashioned diaries, but I don’t like the idea of wasting paper in 2016.
2. I want to remember everything.
   My thoughts, doubts, findings, experiences & anything worth keeping track of. And sharing.
3. Let’s make Big Data bigger.
   I never took the “nowadays everyone is a content creator” concept too seriously. Contributing to big data is unexpectedly satisfying.
4. Everyone has something to share.
   Education often happens when & where you don’t expect it. I might end up teaching you — or even myself — something valuable.
5. I want to master this language.
   English is not my native language, as I’m originally Italian. Reading & writing a lot seems to be the best way to remove any language gap. Feedback is always welcome.

But how?

I also figured that a standard format would probably help. How do you structure an article? Do you even need structure at all?
Well, I like well-structured material, and I like the beautiful elegance of coherence and reuse.

{Concept1} & {Concept2}

I will always try to introduce and blend together two independent concepts that somehow collided, at some point in my life or professional experience.

Both as an example and as a concrete plan, here are the first two articles I will publish:

• Software Engineers & Humans
• Serverless Computing & Machine Learning

In the meanwhile, feel free to reach out on Twitter :)

Alex Casalboni (@alex_casalboni) | Twitter