it's not so much the ability to write that's blocking this; it's access to high-quality information, ideally from the horse's mouth.

motivated writers can do digging around on a given topic but it's hard to know when you've found the vein or if you're missing unknown unknowns.

those doing the work are often too busy or too elusive to answer questions and if they are willing to do so, it's often for a podcast which - while entertaining - goes "undocumented" as a written artifact to be shared for purusal by those seeking information.