Depends on your criteria. If you are interested in the best solo developer it's probably true. But in software engineering the hardest part is working in teams. Building a large scale system too large to fit in anyone's head while still maintaining a reasonable degree of modularity and cohesion is very difficult and requires a degree of verbal and written communication that could translate very well to blogging.
More relevant is the low barrier to entry to blogging and Sturgeon's Law.
I write in order to understand and solidify a concept in my mind and so that I don’t have to remember it next time I face a similar problem. I used to do so publicly but I mostly write privately now.
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My take: I like the Bruce Lee quote:
The people who blog about being great developers are largely bordering on snakeoil salesmen/women. I think the great devs are too busy writing code.I'd elaborate and endorse this view, but I'm too busy writing code.
As a mediocre developer, I'll gladly endorse this view.
This gave me a good chuckle.
Depends on your criteria. If you are interested in the best solo developer it's probably true. But in software engineering the hardest part is working in teams. Building a large scale system too large to fit in anyone's head while still maintaining a reasonable degree of modularity and cohesion is very difficult and requires a degree of verbal and written communication that could translate very well to blogging.
More relevant is the low barrier to entry to blogging and Sturgeon's Law.
I write in order to understand and solidify a concept in my mind and so that I don’t have to remember it next time I face a similar problem. I used to do so publicly but I mostly write privately now.
Mostly https://tenor.com/view/aliens-newt-mostly-gif-25791528