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I stopped writing for almost three years because I thought AI had killed it

Justice Ekemezie

6 min read1 day ago

For engineers who stopped writing: where I find ideas now, how I catch them before they go cold and what eight days back looked like.

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If you’re an engineer who used to write and stopped, or keeps meaning to start, this one is for you. I stopped at the end of 2023 and started again eight days ago. Two things are different this time: I write about what already holds my attention, and I dump an idea out loud the moment it shows up.

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How I stopped

I started writing about my journey into software development in 2023. That year I published about 12 articles, wrote for a few publications, worked with some really experienced writers and learned a lot about how to write, what to write about and how to make some side income from it.…