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Anti-Patterns in Software Blogging

Simon Willison 07 October 2026 15h ago
Anti-Patterns in Software Blogging
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Anti-Patterns in Software Blogging Some excellent writing advice from Michael Lynch. Michael warns against "meandering intros", misjudging your reader's existing knowledge, assuming they'll read your previous posts, and excessive formality. He also warns against overreliance on links as an excuse not to explain terminology. This one hurt! I do this all the time, but I have a nagging suspicion that
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