@AYi_AInotes: Say a hot take: In the AI era, the most valuable skill is no longer writing code. Being able to explain code clearly will become increasingly important! Becoming increasingly important! @trq212, a senior engineer on the Anthropic Claude Code team, took less than two years to make his technical articles reach stable...

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This article explores the importance of technical writing in the AI era, citing the case of Anthropic employee @trq212 who achieved millions of page views through his 'plant first, harvest later' writing methodology, emphasizing the value of sharing real experiences and maintaining a personal voice.

Say a hot take: In the AI era, the most valuable skill is no longer writing code. Being able to explain code clearly will become increasingly important! Becoming increasingly important! @trq212, a senior engineer on the Anthropic Claude Code team, took less than two years to make his technical articles reach a stable million page views. He said technical writing completely changed his life. Guys, you might not believe it, but his methodology is ridiculously simple—just four words: plant first, harvest later. First, do real work, step on real pitfalls, accumulate first-hand insights, and then turn what you've learned into experience others can directly copy. In other words, you shouldn't write for the sake of writing; you need to have real substance before output. He followed two iron rules for writing viral articles: First, keep it as simple as possible. Using complex jargon to show off only means you don't understand it yourself. Second, share real secrets, because people don't like reading correct but useless nonsense—they only love insider knowledge that others don't talk about. The craziest part was that during this 15-minute offline workshop, he directly wrote a long article titled "HTML vs Markdown for agents." Within hours, it got 260,000 views, proving his methods actually work. Of course, he also uses Claude to speed up writing, but he repeatedly emphasized: never let AI grind away your personal voice, because that's the core of consistently producing hits. Although many people sneer, saying he only got popular because he's at Anthropic—undeniably an insider perspective is a natural traffic boost—I think the more important point is that he has mastered the rarest skill in this era: explaining complex technology in a way that peers can immediately use. AI can write code, build products, and tune models, but it cannot tell your story, share the pitfalls you've encountered, or have your unique way of thinking. Writing is the lever that amplifies your personal experience ten thousand times. Even better, writing itself forces you to think more clearly about your products and systems. Just like many times, you think you understand something, but only when you try to write it down do you realize you actually didn't. So, fellow programmers, stop thinking that technical writing is only for experts. Starting today, take the pitfalls you encounter and new things you learn every day and write them down as 100-word notes. First plant, then harvest. Once this compound effect takes off, it's more powerful than you imagine. If I were to recommend a role model and master from the Chinese Twitter community, it would definitely be Teacher Baoyu @dotey. One important thing I learned from him is to practice the spirit of open source: the more you share, the more people follow and learn from you. Respect!
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