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I have this odd fear that sharing what I learned today will make me look stupid. “Look it’s 2023 this dude just learned about http error codes”. Silly example

I have this odd fear that sharing what I learned today will make me look stupid. “Look it’s 2023 this dude just learned about http error codes”. Silly example but you get the idea.

p4bl0 3y ago
Obligatory XKCD : https://xkcd.com/1053/ https://xkcd.com/1053/
fasterik 3y ago
Anyone who thinks they don't have gaping holes in their knowledge, and criticizes others for it, is probably suffering from a severe case of Dunning-Kruger.
- simonw 3y ago
  Yeah, if I see someone criticizing others because "that's so obvious, everyone knows that" the person I lose respect for is that critic.
zaep 3y ago
The TIL-framing is not integral to writing and publishing little snippets. You can always omit a framing and stick only to the information.
johnnyanmac 3y ago
Don't be afraid to take advantage of Cunningham. if you try asking or looking something up and it's not accessible, you'd be surprised how many people would come swarming once you start writing about it, departed to correct you ad show you links to valuable tribal knowledge.
simonw 3y ago
This is one of the reasons I'm so keen on publishing this kind of thing - I like to make the point that you can have 20+ years of experience and still celebrate learning something basic like how to write a for loop in Bash. No-one knows everything. I respect anyone who is constantly learning new things, no matter how basic those things might be. Here's the most basic one I published recently: https://til.simonwillison.net/html/scroll-to-text https://til.simonwillison.net/html/scroll-to-text
enjeyw 3y ago
I love this post for this exact reason: https://overreacted.io/things-i-dont-know-as-of-2018/ https://overreacted.io/things-i-dont-know-as-of-2018/ It's written by Dan Abramov who has been instrumental in React's development
- codeTired 3y ago
  That is such a good read.
- stevage 3y ago
  Such a great post.
gloryjulio 3y ago
If you always take yourself as being stupid, you will never have this fear in the first place ;)
worthless-trash 3y ago
You don't need to fear looking stupid. You gotta learn about it sometime ;)
flir 3y ago
Turn off the comments ;) Or just publish anonymously. I was actually considering doing this on gemini, because I've got that fear too. An append-only log habit is definitely helping me lately, why not make it (semi-)public? I think there's a single meachanism underneath both this and rubber ducking. There's something about getting your thoughts in order at a verbal (or textual) level that aids understanding.

I have this odd fear that sharing what I learned today will make me look stupid. “Look it’s 2023 this dude just learned about http error codes”. Silly example but you get the idea.

p4bl0 3y ago

Obligatory XKCD : https://xkcd.com/1053/ https://xkcd.com/1053/

fasterik 3y ago

Anyone who thinks they don't have gaping holes in their knowledge, and criticizes others for it, is probably suffering from a severe case of Dunning-Kruger.

simonw 3y ago
Yeah, if I see someone criticizing others because "that's so obvious, everyone knows that" the person I lose respect for is that critic.

zaep 3y ago

The TIL-framing is not integral to writing and publishing little snippets. You can always omit a framing and stick only to the information.

johnnyanmac 3y ago

Don't be afraid to take advantage of Cunningham. if you try asking or looking something up and it's not accessible, you'd be surprised how many people would come swarming once you start writing about it, departed to correct you ad show you links to valuable tribal knowledge.

simonw 3y ago

This is one of the reasons I'm so keen on publishing this kind of thing - I like to make the point that you can have 20+ years of experience and still celebrate learning something basic like how to write a for loop in Bash. No-one knows everything. I respect anyone who is constantly learning new things, no matter how basic those things might be. Here's the most basic one I published recently: https://til.simonwillison.net/html/scroll-to-text https://til.simonwillison.net/html/scroll-to-text

enjeyw 3y ago

I love this post for this exact reason: https://overreacted.io/things-i-dont-know-as-of-2018/ https://overreacted.io/things-i-dont-know-as-of-2018/ It's written by Dan Abramov who has been instrumental in React's development

codeTired 3y ago
That is such a good read.
stevage 3y ago
Such a great post.

gloryjulio 3y ago

If you always take yourself as being stupid, you will never have this fear in the first place ;)

worthless-trash 3y ago

You don't need to fear looking stupid. You gotta learn about it sometime ;)

flir 3y ago

Turn off the comments ;) Or just publish anonymously. I was actually considering doing this on gemini, because I've got that fear too. An append-only log habit is definitely helping me lately, why not make it (semi-)public? I think there's a single meachanism underneath both this and rubber ducking. There's something about getting your thoughts in order at a verbal (or textual) level that aids understanding.