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How to write blog posts that developers read


Software bloggers can make the same mistakes for years that prevent readers from discovering their writing. I know because I'm one of them. Over time, I've learned techniques that help some blog posts succeed and the pitfalls that cause others to languish in obscurity.

Often, the author has some valuable insight to share, but they squander their first seven paragraphs on the history of functional programming and a trip they took to Bell Labs in 1973. If your article features long stretches of text, think about whether there’s any photo, screenshot, graph, or diagram that could make the post more visually interesting. Your browser does not support the video tag.If you skim that article, you still see the bones of a good story, and there are interesting visual elements to draw the reader in.

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