I know how you feel. A off-the-cuff post [1] about why I chose a few different web-related libraries hit front page of Hacker News a while back. I spent maybe 30 minutes on it, and laughed when I noticed it had been received so well (someone else submitted it).
In comparison, a post[2] I was really excited about, that demonstrates how to improve (Korma) SQL abstraction in Clojure with Macros (I created a demo app) didn't seem to get anyone excited. I probably spent 4x as long trying to put it together. Oh well.
Anecdotally, it feels like programming-related posts with a few high level pieces of code resonate better than deeper dive posts. Possibly because they're easier to skim across while having your morning coffee.
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I know how you feel. A off-the-cuff post [1] about why I chose a few different web-related libraries hit front page of Hacker News a while back. I spent maybe 30 minutes on it, and laughed when I noticed it had been received so well (someone else submitted it).
In comparison, a post[2] I was really excited about, that demonstrates how to improve (Korma) SQL abstraction in Clojure with Macros (I created a demo app) didn't seem to get anyone excited. I probably spent 4x as long trying to put it together. Oh well.
Anecdotally, it feels like programming-related posts with a few high level pieces of code resonate better than deeper dive posts. Possibly because they're easier to skim across while having your morning coffee.
[1] https://hackworth.be/2014/02/05/an-expanded-comment/
[2] https://hackworth.be/2014/02/18/spicing-up-korma-with-macros...