Ask HN: How long does it take for you to write a blog post?

by Nales on 2/15/2023, 5:20:26 PM with 3 comments
I am not used to write blog posts. I have just posted here a quite small technical blog post (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34807152). This blog post took me a bit more than six hours to write for the English part, and two more for the translation. I know I would have written it faster if English were my native tongue, if I took less time to test the code snippets, or if I were less verbose.

I am curious to know how long does it take for you to write a blog post, and what advice do you have to speed up the writing process.

  • by ClapperHeid on 2/15/2023, 9:51:33 PM

    It depends. Sometimes I'll knock one out in an afternoon [Fnar! Fnar!]. Other ones have taken me a few days to write. It really depends on the subject matter. A technical post requires more research, screen-grqbbing and checking than a "Get off my lawn!" rant.

  • by PaulHoule on 2/15/2023, 5:23:50 PM

    That’s not crazy. The one obvious thing to do is drop the translation and only write in one language. You have to test the code snippets if it is a quality programming blog and not a splog. Making it shorter will probably take longer.