I stopped posting in June 2025.
Not a planned break.
Not a strategic pause.
I just stopped.
I had just moved from Barcelona to Rotterdam. Took on a full-time European research project. And somewhere between the relocation boxes and the new job, databites.tech became one more thing on a list that was already too long.
So it fell off the list.
Here’s what I didn’t expect: the diagrams kept working.
I wasn’t publishing. But every time I made a diagram for a talk, or to explain something to a colleague, and posted it quietly on X, it performed.
These weren’t my all-time best numbers.
But I wasn’t doing anything.
The Linear Regression post hit over 100k impressions during a period when I was barely active. The Transformer diagram got 119k views on a Tuesday I almost didn’t post.
That told me something important: the format is more durable than the hustle.
Most content advice tells you consistency is everything.
Post every day.
Stay top of mind.
The algorithm rewards frequency.
What I saw was that one well-structured diagram outperformed months of regular posts. The work had compounding value. The gap didn’t erase it.
What I actually lost during the quiet months wasn’t momentum, it was the system.
No content bank.
No fixed Tuesday slot.
No anchor.
The lesson I’m taking into this year: protect the system, not just the output.
One diagram a week.
Every week.
Not because the algorithm demands it, because the system is what makes everything else possible.
That’s what databites.tech is built on now.
— Josep
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