It has been 13 hours since 2019. Looking back at 2019, is there a moment that really moved you?

Such moments are indeed many, many…….

At Elastic’s developer conference in 2019, I met with some of the most active people in the community and was very moved to receive verbal encouragement from the community’s founder Medcl.

The summary, written overnight after the 2019 Developer Conference, was forwarded and liked by Elastic Wang, Medcl, Wu Bin, Community president Zheng Ge, Elastic Sister Zhou, Jie Ge, Ruan Yiming, Zhang Chao, etc. It felt like Guo was invited to CCTV Spring Festival Gala as a “non-mainstream” crosstalk artist. I was thrilled and moved to be recognized by mainstream Elastic.

In 2019, I witnessed this scene with my own eyes: Good samaritans helped an old man who fainted. I was very moved by the image that often appeared in my mind in tens of seconds.

In 2019, I witnessed the growth of my baby, and truly realized that “there is no worry about growth when there are seedlings”. I was moved by the changes and surprises from day to day.

However, what touched me most was that 2019 was being urged more!

Urging more, heard before, mostly happened in well-known writers, network red writers, such as: Obama urged liu Cixin out of the “Three-body II”……

But when it happens to me, I read a few simple words many times and can see tears flowing out.

How could I, a flopsy, Elastic schoolboy, make readers urge me better?

Later that evening, I wrote on my moments, “I am urged to be more grateful for trust. Make sure that every article is analyzed, practiced, and thought through, and it’s really slow to update. Come on!” .

Therefore, in this year’s summary, I do not start to write a running account of the year, do not write any words, do not comment on the past year’s events, just think and summarize one thing: “writing”.

1. Why?

1.1 Writing is better for thinking

I first came to know this sentence when I read Teacher Liu Weipeng’s Dark Time around 2012. It became my motto and a source of strength for my blog.

Most of the time, we often have some cognitive points “it is too simple to write”, but when we try to explain to others or summarize and write by ourselves, we will find that many related points are not deeply understood and cannot be understood by others.

“If you can’t explain something clearly, chances are you don’t fully understand it.”

The process of writing is exactly the process of thinking and the process of building knowledge system. Writing pushes us back to explore the blind spots of knowledge, but forces us to think deeply.

This process will be difficult and time-consuming, but the more difficult the experience, the more deeply and firmly it will be remembered.

1.2 Teaching is the best to learn

Writing is a process of reflection, deduction and refinement, as well as a process of teaching.

In the workplace, people often worry about “teaching apprentices and starving to death”. If there is concern in this respect, it can only show that their technical competitiveness is not enough to consolidate their irreplaceability.

The process of teaching is to recognize and solve problems from the perspective of others.

The process of teaching is also the process of learning deliberately.

When readers ask questions about an article they wrote a year ago, they study it all over again.

Teach a time will have a promotion, think of our high school math teachers, postgraduate entrance examination of the mathematics of the class famous teacher, can answer some questions back such as flow, such as fire pure feeling, also benefit from teaching many times.

1.3 Past dry goods, online at any time

If you don’t jot down the best ideas, methods, and thoughts you’ve ever had, you’re sure to forget them after a while.

If the same or similar problem is encountered again, the same amount of time needs to be spent again.

Our brains can be compared to memory storage, which is expensive but has very limited storage. Writing is external SSD disk storage, relatively cheap memory, but when used, a retrieval, very efficient.

On the one hand, you can regularly clear out part of your brain’s memory space so that it can absorb more and newer information.

On the other hand, regular combing of written articles through brain maps can form an increasingly rich knowledge system from discrete knowledge points.

1.4 Connecting people with the same frequency, there are more possibilities

At the beginning, I may feel confused and feel like “fighting alone”. After a long time, I will find many people with the same frequency.

What is cofrequency person? Similar: The “people of my generation” mentioned in Luo Pang’s 2020 New Year’s Eve speech are people with the same interests, hobbies and pursuits.

Yes, one person can go fast, but a group of people with the same frequency can go farther.

The Left Ear Mouse Guy was right about being ahead of his time:

• If you think you can find the knowledge you want by searching Chinese keywords on Baidu, then you must be far behind The Times.
• If you can find the knowledge you want by using Google English keywords, then you can keep up with The Times.
• If you can get answers in the community by talking to the big boys in the community, then you are ahead of your time.

Writing makes it easier for people connected to the same frequency, including the best people in the field, to capture the best value information the fastest.

At the same time, these multi-frequency, excellent people will monitor, urge, and accelerate our growth.

1.5 Believe in the power of accumulation

Life is a marathon, not a 100-meter race. As anyone who has run a marathon knows, it can take several minutes to get to the start.

So, it’s not that important to start fast. What is important is the accumulation of small steps, one step at a time, a little progress every day.

There are many ways to accumulate, and writing is the most important part. Any article written in the past will be stamped with a unique timestamp flag, and this article will gradually form its own technical barriers.

And, as time goes by, the barriers become stronger until others are “terrified.”

IT circle spread a sentence “program ape is eat youth rice”, but I believe in the second half of the sentence “insist on writing except”.

2. What to write?

2.1 The most obvious truth is unknown to at least 100 million people in China

Shen Shuaibo, author of the business bestseller “Iteration”, has said that “in China, there are at least 100 million people who don’t know anything, and most of the time, a billion people don’t know anything”.

A very poignant but very true summary that also applies to technology. Say this sentence to yourself when you’re worried you have nothing to write down.

I have always believed that most of us are of the same intelligence. Problems THAT I don’t know, problems that I need time to sort out, and problems that other people will probably spend a similar amount of time with for the first time.

However, if you can stand on the shoulders of those who have been there before, you can be N times faster. That’s where the writing opportunity comes in.

Any point that requires time to think, practice and explore can be used as a material point for creation.

On writing opportunities: When I wrote about Elasticsearch in 2016, I wrote that “when something has a lot of application value and only a limited amount of older material is available on the Internet, that’s where the opportunity is”.

2.2 Output forces input

If you don’t have anything to write, you don’t have enough input. Boost the input.

How to improve input efficiently? Visit Stackoverflow, Visit English-Chinese communities, visit QQ/ wechat technology groups, to practice, to solve others’ problems.

Other people’s technical blind spot, we may also encounter in the future actual combat. What are you waiting for? Write it down.

“Peach seller said,” I agree with one point of view, “when there is nothing to write, you can consider translating Daniu’s articles.

Indeed, foreign authors generally think relatively rigorous.

Translation is not a simple copy and paste of Google Translation, but standing on the author’s point of view, sorting out the logic of the original text, looking up a considerable amount of information, and hands-on practice to verify, plus their own popular interpretation, and strive to “letter, reach, elegant”, the final output of a relatively passable translation.

2.3 Think deeply or practice, don’t mince words.

Chatter will also have a large readership, but is not recommended.

It’s hard, it’s time consuming, and the “good rate” is low, but at least be hard on yourself.

Everyone’s time is precious, and saying something “meaningless” or “empty” is not helpful to others or to yourself.

In the process of writing, on the basis of ensuring correctness and fluency, I add a layer of rational reflection: do others need what I write?

3. What should I pay attention to when writing?

The longer you write, the more restraint you should keep in mind. Don’t forget why you write.

3.1 Pursue originality and quality

Dare to be original. Reprint Daniel article is far more direct than the original, to the fast.

But firmly believe: high quality output and pay practice must be positive correlation.

High quality output is the result of repeated polishing, and the writing also promotes the “craftsman spirit”.

Output priority: original > Translation > Reprint.

3.2 Pursue the ultimate user experience

Luo Fat cited the example of taxi master: “the destination before 200m end of the table, to a good review”, “the fast charging data line provided by the car, different from other teachers of the ordinary data line or no data line”.

Good to the user experience, “people without I have, people have I fine, fine I fast”, standing in the customer’s point of view.

Crosstalk circles call the audience “the parents of food and clothing”, which is essentially a problem of user experience. “Each segment is worthy of the audience’s purchase price”.

Analogies to writing are the same, “time is money”, the ultimate user experience is: useful to readers, valuable, help to improve efficiency.

Think about it: Of all the articles, why would readers want to read yours? Why is that?

3.3 Don’t pursue speed

Past observations have shown that the daily ritual is almost impossible to accomplish without the help of a team (except for people with very strong willpower).

The Elastic daily also has a team of about 10 people writing behind the scenes.

3.4 Don’t give up halfway

“Grandpa starts from grandson”, the elder brother left ear mouse 20 years ago is also a little bit of dead break C, C++ foundation began to write.

Greatness is boiled out, once their own belief, to stick to it. Please remember: “there is only one kind of failure, is give up halfway”.

Zeng Guofan’s “build a strong village and fight a dull battle” seems stupid, but it is a model of death-knock. In their knowledge of the point, line, surface, body is willing to work hard, elongate the time front, you will find that you have already left competitors behind.

Do not pursue short-term interests, based on long-term interests, do long-term, right and wrong success to time to test.

I started to write blog in CSDN in 2012. As of December 31, 2019, the page view is 3.32 million + (increased by 970,000 + compared with last year), ranking is 299, and the number of readers concerned is 13,597.

In 2017, I wrote an official account. As of December 31, 2019, the number of followers is 9,174 (4,500 more than last year).

Here are the annual goals set for 2016.

3.5 No title party

The southern Metropolis Daily’s headline of March 29, 2008, about the cancellation of drought warning signals, “Wet after 120 days of drought”, can be regarded as the originof the headline party.

The title was very controversial then and even now.

Clickbait is sure to drive traffic, but there are two extremes.

• If the text matches, the reader will cry “delicious” after reading it.
• If the text does not match, the reader clicks open directly “scold mother”.

The focus of technical articles is to thoroughly write the technology, do not put the cart before the horse.

3.6 Rational mutual deduction

The essence of mutual push is to quickly pull the flow and attract users.

But the nature of traffic is “it’s yours, sooner or later; It’s not yours. You can’t pull it.”

Mutual promotion leads to false prosperity, but it will not stand the test of time.

So, be rational.

3.7 Do not rub the hotspot

Never walk so long that you forget why you started.

Hot spot every day, hot spot is not over, ceng not over.

Refrain from writing anything inconsistent with your mission and vision, even if there are multiple traffic opportunities.

3.8 No advertising

Advertising is one of the signs of personal influence. It is personal character and attitude. There is no right or wrong.

Recall when we watch TV is cool, came to an advertisement, how many or some inadaptability and aversion.

Readers may euphemistically say, “A moderate amount of advertising does not affect the overall experience, it is acceptable.”

But I believe in the ultimate reader experience: “No ads.”

4. Write to 2020

The final line of last year’s annual review reads: “I’d be happy in 2019 to feel stupid in 2018.”

Indeed, year after year, every year has its own differences and “landscape”, looking back a year ago, feel very silly.

Happy or sad, 2019 is a thing of the past.

In 2020, it may be difficult, there are many challenges. But don’t be afraid to go for it. The five questions of luo Pang’s New Year’s Eve soul, and the line and thinking:

• Who are you?
• Do you do?
• Who are you working for?
• Are you needed?
• Would society be better off if you did?

2020, stick to your guns; Love your love; Your refinement; Connect your connection……

2020, empty cup mentality, continue to accumulate, continue to learn from cattle……

In 2020, strive for excellence instead of abundance; Not fast, but stable; Do not seek perfection, but seek good……

Finally, a reminder of 2020 from Henry Ford: “It’s inspiring how far we’ve come. But today is nothing compared to what we will have in the future.”

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