Cynthia Dunlop

The book that @sarna@fosstodon.org and I co-authored on writing engineering blog posts is now published. And it’s flanked by the best imaginable “bookends”: a foreword by @bcantrill@mastodon.social and an afterword by @shanselman@hachyderm.io Details and Amazon/Manning links at bit.ly/3AVPWn9. Special thanks to our technical editor @ericlippert@hachyderm.io!

Jeff Atwood (@codinghorror@infosec.exchange) on why blogging still matters – and the backstory on his recent announcement (eight separate $1M donations to nonprofit groups) https://writethatblog.substack.com/p/jeff-atwood-on-technical-blogging

.@shanselman@hachyderm.io chats with @poppastring@dotnet.social about technical blogging. Really, what else do we need to say? Just read/listen. https://writethatblog.substack.com/p/scott-hanselman-and-mark-downie-blogging

In a fit of frustration with AI-scented tech blogs, I ran a survey to see why/how people were having LLMs write their articles. Some findings:

- 40% of “always-LLM” writers never wrote before, 20% rarely wrote before
- 72% of those who generated LLM drafts performed substantial editing, 23% totally rewrote the drafts
- Only 13% felt LLMs captured their voice, only 11% felt LLMs captured their ideas
- 73% did not disclose that they used LLMs to write

https://writethatblog.substack.com/p/report-llms-tech-blogs

Next up in our tech blogger spotlight project: a peek at what’s behind @fasterthanlime@hachyderm.io 's hot — and hilarious — takes on Rust, Linux, Go… https://writethatblog.substack.com/p/fasterthanlime-on-technical-blogging

Time for a new blog series! We’ll share the perspectives of expert tech bloggers: why they write, how they tackle writing challenges, and their lessons learned. And where better to start than with
@ericlippert@hachyderm.io -- programming language designer, one of Microsoft's first bloggers, and the most helpful (and fun) book technical editor around. https://writethatblog.substack.com/p/eric-lippert-on-technical-blogging