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STEM and writing

Recently I stumbled upon old Free Code Camp post. It stated that every developer should have a blog. I dismissed it as clickbait, but later decided to come back and read the article. It was persuasive, hence the first blogpost. Although the text itself wouldn't be sufficient, I recently noticed the same tendency. So for the last four weeks of lockdown there hasn't been a day without coding. Some days I wrote something in two or more languages, used MatLab, Dart, Python and JavaScript, some SQL to top it off. I was programming a lot, but the amount of writing stayed the same, averaging two journal entries per week. So my programming skills improved a lot due to intense practice. But my writing also improved, even though the amount stayed the same. I'm not talking about style or word choice. It's my ability to word insights and struggles that improved. For you it might not be new, but for me - and for some of the people reading this, if there are any - it is. Remembe