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@Fenng: Updated the Chinese Technical Documentation Writing Skill, adding typesetting guidelines

X AI KOLs Timeline ↗ · 6h ago Cached

Updated the Chinese Technical Documentation Writing Skill, adding typesetting guidelines to enhance the readability and accuracy of Chinese technical writing.

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Into the depths of C: Elaborating the de facto standards (2016)

Hacker News Top ↗ · 2026-09-08

This article explores the C programming language in depth, focusing on its de facto standards from 2016.

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Browzer

Product Hunt ↗ · 2026-08-24 Cached

Browzer automates technical content creation by connecting to GitHub repositories, drafting documentation, guides, and SEO-friendly blog posts, aiming to free up DevRel teams for community-focused activities.

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@Fenng: What? I actually have a project with 1K stars on Github...

X AI KOLs Timeline ↗ · 2026-08-18 Cached

This project provides writing standards for Chinese technical documentation, aiming to enhance conciseness, accuracy, and readability, and integrates AI agent tools such as Codex and Claude Code.

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Write for people

Lobsters Hottest ↗ · 2026-08-14 Cached

Vicki Boykis argues that AI-generated jargon and verbose explanations are making codebases harder for humans to navigate, and advocates for clearer, more concise writing.

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Blog about things you don't understand yet

Hacker News Top ↗ · 2026-08-13 Cached

A blog post arguing that writing about topics you don't fully understand forces learning and clear thinking, and that framing every post as a controversial argument makes consistent writing easier.

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@alex_prompter: Claude writes like a chatbot until you use two words to cap its responses at 900 approved words and 20-word sentences. …

X AI KOLs Timeline ↗ · 2026-08-13 Cached

A simple prompt trick using 'ASD-STE100' makes Claude write in short, clear sentences by enforcing Simplified Technical English, removing chatbot-like fluff from emails, summaries, and reports.

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@mattpocockuk: "Dead prose" is my favourite leading phrase for improving AI writing output. Removing their flair actually makes LLM's …

X AI KOLs Timeline ↗ · 2026-08-06 Cached

Matt Pocock shares that using the phrase "Dead prose" helps LLMs produce straightforward technical writing by removing their flair.

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@freeCodeCamp: Keeping documentation up to date can be a time-consuming and frustrating manual process. But an approach called Documen…

X AI KOLs Timeline ↗ · 2026-08-06 Cached

This guide explains how to set up documentation as code using Docusaurus and GitHub Actions, including versioning, automated builds, and grammatical review workflows.

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@dcoderio: LLM-written documentation has a smell. and you can get rid of it tell the model to follow the ASD-STE100, the simplifie…

X AI KOLs Timeline ↗ · 2026-07-21 Cached

LLM-generated documentation often has a noticeable 'smell' that can be eliminated by instructing the model to follow ASD-STE100 (Simplified Technical English), a standard with 53 rules and ~900 approved words designed for clarity and consistency.

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Fine-tuning an LLM to write docs like it's 1995

Hacker News Top ↗ · 2026-06-05 Cached

The author fine-tuned a local LLM on a corpus of 1990s Microsoft manuals to generate documentation in that vintage style, exploring local model customization for technical writing.

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Nobody cracks open a programming book anymore

Hacker News Top ↗ · 2026-05-25 Cached

This article examines the steep decline in programming book sales as AI chatbots like ChatGPT and GitHub Copilot replace traditional learning methods, noting a 16.9% drop in 2023 and publishers ceasing to report the category.

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@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...

X AI KOLs Timeline ↗ · 2026-05-08

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.

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@MilksandMatcha: "Technical writing completely changed my life." - @trq212 In less than 2 years, Thariq (@AnthropicAI) cracked the code …

X AI KOLs Following ↗ · 2026-05-08

A 15-minute workshop by Thariq from AnthropicAI on technical writing strategies that generate over 1M views, covering workflow, viral tactics, and using AI to write faster while preserving voice.

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