Learning in Public

There is a difference between knowing something and being able to explain it. The gap is where real learning happens.

The Feynman Technique

If you cannot explain it simply, you do not understand it well enough. Writing forces clarity. When you write for an audience — even an audience of one — you naturally fill in the gaps.

Benefits

• Retention — explaining an idea embeds it deeper
• Feedback — readers point out blind spots
• Network — writing attracts people who know more than you
• Record — six months later, you have a reference you wrote yourself

Start small. A paragraph a day. A terminal output screenshot. A code snippet with commentary. The bar is lower than you think.