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Dr Milan Milanović's avatar

Congrats Ryan! You're the best example how quality work is easily recognized by others. Well-done!

Ryan Peterman's avatar

Thank you Milan :)

Andreas's avatar

Congrats Ryan. What a journey and awesome growth.

Ryan Peterman's avatar

Thank you Andreas :)

Engineer's Codex's avatar

This is awesome growth Ryan. Congrats on the success (+ a consistent writing cadence!) and looking forward to the even faster growth that next year will bring to you!

Ryan Peterman's avatar

Thank you Leo! Looking forward to seeing your growth as well

Charlie Guo's avatar

Congratulations on the growth Ryan - it's been awe-inspiring to watch your journey.

Ryan Peterman's avatar

Thank you Charlie 🙏

Sairam Sundaresan's avatar

Phenomenal growth and content, Ryan. Congratulations on a wonderful year of writing. Looking forward to seeing where you go next year :)

Ryan Peterman's avatar

Thank you Sairam, hope to keep it up 🙏

Christopher Clark's avatar

I'm always curious, what is the revenue for this level of engagement in a blog?

Ryan Peterman's avatar

My blog is entirely free (no ads/sponsors/paid subs)

If you’re curious how much a blog can make, you can take refactoring as an example: https://refactoring.fm/p/refactoring-autumn-update

50k free subs, 1380 paid subs

$10/month per paid sub

~$165k ARR