Expecting every post to come with a little handholding tutorial isn’t reasonable either. For the surgeon example it doesn’t take a surgeon to give the warning, but that same non-surgeon isn’t necessarily in a position to guide anyone either.
Being encouraged to learn about the basics isn’t gatekeeping, it’s just sound technical advice. Self hosting can be great, but when you shift critical services/infrastructure and something goes south you expose yourself to some serious harm (think self-hosting your password management), or perhaps leave yourself open and vulnerable to threats you don’t understand.
Having access to easier/friendlier tools is great, but using them without fundamental understanding is risky.
Older than LOTR and has aged better, in my opinion.
Pero like, why though?
I browse when I want but my analysis isn’t the same. I don’t feel like I’m missing out when not browsing. In fact, it’s the opposite. I know I’m missing out (on real life) by browsing. I don’t think I will ever look back and say “damn I wish I browsed more”.
You need no validation to do what you want. If you think you should blog, do it!