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| Source: Mastodon | Original article
A new analysis from the Nordic AI Observatory shows that the once‑vibrant genre of “journey” technical blog posts is fading fast. By crawling Medium, Dev.to and personal domains, the team counted a 42 % drop in long‑form posts that trace a developer’s learning curve between 2022 and 2025. The decline coincides with the surge of AI‑generated documentation and a talent exodus from mid‑size engineering firms, where senior engineers previously kept detailed diaries of their experiments.
The shift matters because those narrative posts have long acted as low‑cost onboarding material and informal peer review. When a senior engineer explains a failed experiment, a red‑herring, or a “yak‑shaving” moment, junior staff gain a realistic map of the problem‑space that formal papers rarely provide. The loss of that tacit knowledge risks widening the experience gap in fast‑moving fields such as large‑language‑model fine‑tuning—a topic we explored in our April 19 piece on the hidden steps from tokenizer to production. Moreover, the erosion of authentic voices may amplify the echo chamber created by AI‑curated feeds, where surface‑level tutorials replace deep, context‑rich storytelling.
Industry observers point to a handful of grassroots efforts aiming to reverse the trend. A collective of former Medium editors has launched “TechNarratives”, a subscription‑free platform that rewards authors based on reader engagement rather than page views. Simultaneously, the open‑source community behind the “Thepeoplehe” interview series is expanding its mentorship program to pair junior engineers with veteran writers. Keep an eye on the upcoming “Nordic Code Diaries” conference in June, where the first formal metrics on AI‑assisted blogging will be presented, and on Medium’s announced policy changes that could re‑prioritise long‑form technical storytelling. The next few months will reveal whether the community can reclaim the personal, messy chronicles that once defined the engineering blogosphere.
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