Summary

Simon Späti reflects on a decade of blogging, arguing that personal writing remains valuable despite AI and social media disruption. He advocates for a 'connected' future of blogging through linked second brain notes that mirror how the human brain actually learns. His core thesis is that blogs and notes serve complementary purposes: blogs capture moments in time while notes compound and evolve. He sees manual, genuine writing as increasingly important—not less—in an era of AI-generated content. The post doubles as a detailed breakdown of his personal workflow using Obsidian, Markdown, and Vim motions.

Key Insight

The future of blogging is not standalone posts but a connected web of living notes and frozen articles that compound knowledge the way the brain naturally learns—and human authorship matters more than ever precisely because AI has made authentic voice a scarce resource.

Spicy Quotes (click to share)

• 5

  Notes compound and always evolving. Blog posts capture a moment in time.

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  Writing is communication, and we can't communicate through a filter.

• 4

  The key of good writing is leaving out what needs to be left out.

• 4

  Knowledge doesn't grow linearly. It expands as a network over different seasons.

• 2

  Writing from The heart is the best. True, honest, and genuine human-to-human communication.

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  Like chess, computers are much better, but we still play chess.

• 7

  I'd rather read the prompt.

• 3

  Long-form writing evokes a deeper relationship and trust that is hard to captivate with a couple of words.

Tone

reflective, earnest, and evangelical—passionate advocacy for deliberate, connected writing as a lifelong practice