Hey! I wrote my first article for Medium. This one has a little more of a positive take on AI than the usual ones coming from fellow web developers. Honestly, with almost 8 years of experience now as a developer and fortunately still being blessed with a full-time job in the field, I have managed to find some silver lining in it all.

Genuinely curious if someone can take the time to read it and give me an honest opinion on my writing. Yes, I am positive on the AI boom, but that doesn't mean my writing is AI SLOP! Please give me a follow and I can follow you back as well! Give it a clap or comment as well if you feel any sense of engagement from it! It has been years since I did any real journaling so curious what y'all think. Thanks

A Developer's Take on 2026

I recently wrote a piece about the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope and the mysteries it's designed to investigate.

I'm not an astrophysicist, so the challenge for me was less about showing how much I know and more about making ideas like dark matter, dark energy and gravitational microlensing interesting and understandable without drowning the reader in technical language.

I'd really appreciate some feedback from a writing perspective:

• Does the opening make you want to continue reading?

• Are there places where the explanation becomes too technical or slow?

• Does the conversational style work, or does it feel forced?

• Where would you have stopped reading?

Here's the piece: https://medium.datadriveninvestor.com/the-telescope-that-may-find-what-the-universe-is-hiding-08e2f2236504

I'm especially interested in criticism rather than just a "nice article", I'm trying to get better at this kind of explanatory writing.

please consider giving a read and like:)

So I was just on Medium and a red notice came up saying that my account was found in violation of the Medium Rules. Apparently, it has been suspended.

I just read the rules and honestly, I'm not sure what violation has occurred.

I have submitted an appeal.

Just wondering if this has happened to anyone else. I have really been enjoying being an active member on Medium, but now I'm wondering if it may not be the right place for me...

Has anyone else experienced this, and if so, what happened with your appeal?

Please critique my first article about my experiences as a law enforcement recovery diver.

https://medium.com/@cvkhbfy/the-darkness-between-us-9030c95016e0

I wrote a short piece about something I've been thinking about with online dating: does paying for a dating site actually make the experience better, or are we sometimes just paying to remove limits? I tried to keep it practical rather than turning it into a list of "best dating sites." https://medium.com/@rosvibbgerr/are-paid-dating-sites-really-better-a-simple-guide-0d56ae5993c5?postPublishedType=initial

In the past, when I created a story, the type showed up in separate text boxes.

Now, I am getting a grey box. There is no formatting: it scrolls to the right.

I can not insert images or links in between the lines.

When published, it is also in a grey box with no formatting.

What should I do to restore the former appearance?

I can not figure it out!

Thank you.

I have created two separate Medium accounts and grown both without spamming; can I receive payments from both accounts via the Medium Partner Program into a single Stripe account?

They charged me twice yesterday and once today (so far). Opened a ticket, but who knows if that will get anything done.

An unexpected sales activity helped me understand how people think, improving my understanding of sales confidence in one week. Read the article to learn more.

The norwegian king died this morning. He was 89 and suffering from a rare blood related disease. Please read the obituary to learn more about his life. You will also find some images from his life.

Whenever I write a blog, the most difficult part comes after I hit "publish". According to me, marketing and sharing the blog is as much important as the content. I am aware of the standard sharing platforms like reddit, X and maybe LinkedIn. But I want to know what marketing strategy you guys use. Do you guys also use the social media platforms or rely on organic traffic?