Why I Stopped “Creating Content”
Why did we all start talking about content, traffic, distribution, and conversions?
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Which Design Doc Did a Human Write?
Can you distinguish between an AI-generated design doc and a human-written one?
The Most Popular Blogs of Hacker News in 2025
Who were the most popular personal bloggers of 2025, and what made them successful on Hacker News?
What Makes the Intro to Crafting Interpreters so Good?
Developers are terrible at writing introductions, so it's worth studying what makes the Crafting Interpreters intro so compelling.
How to Get Meaningful Feedback on Your Design Document
You've spent weeks carefully writing a design document for your software project. What happens next? How do you share it with your teammates to solicit useful feedback? How do you prevent the review from dragging on for months?
The Software Essays that Shaped Me
I started reading software blogs before I got my first programming job 20 years ago. At this point, I've read thousands of blog posts and essays, but a small handful stuck in my mind and changed the way I think about software.
Adam Gordon Bell on Attracting Customers through Blogging
Adam Gordon Bell is a developer, blogger, and the host of the software engineering podcast, CoRecursive. I interviewed Adam about writing and his success at attracting customers through his blog posts when he worked at Earthly.
Reader Feedback about my Chapter List
Surveying my readers to find out which book chapters most interest them.