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Writing in Public

There's a version of every idea that only exists because someone was willing to publish it before it was fully formed. Writing in public forces that. It trades the comfort of a private draft for the friction of real feedback, and that friction is where the thinking actually sharpens.

Most people wait until an idea feels finished before they share it. But "finished" is a moving target that recedes the longer you look at it alone. The fastest way to find the holes in your thinking is to let other people look at it too.

This isn't about publishing half-baked garbage. It's about lowering the bar for what counts as "ready," and trusting that the process of publishing — again and again — is what makes the next thing better.