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Most good technical articles are born the same way: someone got burned by a real problem and decided that, since they'd already bled, the least they could do was save others from tripping over the same spot.
Then there's the other kind: the one you end up writing after seeing yet another LinkedIn post claiming that "X is going to revolutionize software development" and thinking, "this smells like snake oil, but let me take a look just in case."
This piece is about that: how to decide if an idea deserves an article (and your time), or if you're better off closing the tab and getting back to your coffee.
And, as a bonus, it doubles as a checklist for evaluating whether a "new" technology or pattern is actually worth the hype — marketing aside.
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Title Is this idea worth a tech article?
Most good technical articles are born the same way: someone got burned by a real problem and decided that, since they'd already bled, the least they could do was save others from tripping over the same spot.
Then there's the other kind: the one you end up writing after seeing yet another LinkedIn post claiming that "X is going to revolutionize software development" and thinking, "this smells like snake oil, but let me take a look just in case."
This piece is about that: how to decide if an idea deserves an article (and your time), or if you're better off closing the tab and getting back to your coffee.
And, as a bonus, it doubles as a checklist for evaluating whether a "new" technology or pattern is actually worth the hype — marketing aside.
Work type Article
Tags software engineering, software development, programming, blog
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Entry date Feb 15, 2026, 5:49 PM UTC
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Author. Holder Lino Figueroa Villar. Date Feb 15, 2026.
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