Archive - Writing for Developers

(or "What am I doing wrong in my job applications?")

Nov 23, 2020

I know it has been a long time since my last email, so in case you forgot, this is the Writing for Developers newsletter. You subscribed to it at some…

May 18, 2020

Arguing over miscommunication

Feb 3, 2020

Keeping everyone in the same page by writing that page

Nov 24, 2019

Keep the technical terms and make them accessible

Nov 17, 2019

"Add guideline to improve code maintainability"

Nov 11, 2019

How I choose where to say something

Nov 4, 2019

Mistakes matter, just not as much as you think

Oct 28, 2019

Improving your writing is easy enough if you care about it

Oct 21, 2019

No practical advice this time, just a story about Hacker News comments and me

Oct 14, 2019

Sometimes you have to send one email to lots of people with very different levels of context, knowledge, and interest. Sometimes you just can’t decide…

Aug 13, 2018

Empathy is necessary for good writing. You have to understand your reader's context and how they react while reading your text. If it is a sensitive…

Aug 6, 2018

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