Learn in Public

At least they try?

And share their findings.

...and these posts more than once saved my ass or gave a clue to find a solution or at least gave some context where to look.

True, there's a lot of crap blog posts out there, but I dare say that that's a good thing. An important part of learning how to write code is developing code literacy, which includes being exposed to bad code as well. If the internet were a repository of nothing but reliable information, there would be no need to learn how to recognize code smells.

Moreover, it's good to be exposed to scenarios where the code is technically correct, but the attitude of the author ought to raise red flags - for example, unnecessarily representing a solution as authoritative, discounting other approaches for dumbass reasons (such as preferring fewer lines for its own sake), saying that a problem is "simple" to solve, you "just" have to do this, etc. They tend to have the effect of shutting down critical inquiry, and that's a good thing to learn how to recognize.

In other words, you can learn a lot from hamfisted tutorials and toxic teachers.

> Learning in public can't be the fastest way to learn by definition.

What definition are you referring to, because that statement doesn't make sense.

If you equate "consuming information" with learning, yes you are right that learning in public is more time-consuming than learning in private.

However, there are several studies[1] that show dramatic improvements in retention and understanding from material vs. just studying it. So if you consider retention and understanding to be the goal outcomes of learning, forcing yourself to structure your thoughts about the material enough to communicate it with others has clear benefits to learning rate.

[1] Example: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S03614...

I considered doing this at one point and spent some time on Twitch to see if other people did it. I found a pretty active community but in a lot of cases was overwhelmed by the streamer's desire to demonstrate how smart they are. I think it would be an enjoyable format otherwise.