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Vlad Mihalcea5 min readintro

Thirteen years of blogging

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Summary

The author reflects on 13 years of blogging, noting a significant decline in traffic attributed to LLMs, but emphasizes the continued value of writing for personal skill development and authentic communication. He also provides updates on his products and academic work.

  • Blog traffic has significantly decreased since 2008, with LLMs now a primary source for developers seeking answers.
  • Despite reduced audience, blogging is valuable for improving writing skills and fostering authentic expression.
  • The author believes authentic, human-written content will be highly valued as AI-generated text becomes prevalent.
  • He continues to develop tools like Hypersistence Optimizer and new Spring/Java persistence courses.

Content creators and engineers interested in the evolving landscape of information consumption and the role of human-generated content in the age of AI will find this perspective relevant.

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