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8 Writing Tips for Software Professionals (optimizedbyotto.com)

submitted 9 months ago by otto to c/programming

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In this post, I share 8 principles I believe in:

Less is more
Start with the solution or the ask
Show the facts, with examples
Always quantify
Include links and references
Explain why it matters
Ask feedback from one person
Sleep on it

As engineers and developers, we often focus heavily on technical skills while neglecting the importance of clear, compelling writing. But the reality is, our ability to communicate effectively can have a major impact on our careers.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I have been thinking about starting a blog.

Any recommendations for self-hosted blogging? The setup itself might be worthy of a post :)

[–] arendjr 2 points 9 months ago

I use Astro, because it allows me to write posts in Markdown and publish as a static website, though there are certainly other solutions that allow you to achieve the same thing. I just bundle it up in an Nginx Docker image and host it on Fly.io. If you want you can look at my setup here, though beware it isn’t documented (even the README is already out of date): https://github.com/arendjr/phebe