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remoquete

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I'm a technical writer and aspiring Rust developer based in Barcelona, Spain

My site: https://passo.uno

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passo.uno 1y ago

Build your own tech writing tools using LLMs

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news.ycombinator.com 1y ago

Show HN: A tool that lets tech writers test custom LLM prompts with context

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passo.uno 1y ago

Things I remind myself when working with others

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passo.uno 1y ago

What's wrong with AI-generated docs

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en.wikipedia.org 1y ago

Critique of Work

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passo.uno 1y ago

Technical writing has a depth issue

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newatlas.com 1y ago

First "Synthetic Biological Intelligence" runs on living human cells

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passo.uno 1y ago

Technical English is nobody's mother tongue

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passo.uno 1y ago

My time machine runs on technical writing

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passo.uno 1y ago

Should you write differently for AI or LLMs? Nope

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www.youtube.com 1y ago

IBM training video: 3480 cartridge loader (1986)

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gekk.info 1y ago

TownOS Tour

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passo.uno 1y ago

Tech Writing Predictions for 2025

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passo.uno 1y ago

The best docs are the ones we don't remember

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passo.uno 1y ago

FAQs Are Not the Answer

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passo.uno 1y ago

Why I Became a Documentation Engineer

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mostlymaths.net 1y ago

Case study: turning an idea into a finished project using Gemini

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www.youtube.com 1y ago

Bosch FGS4000 3D Demo (1984)

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passo.uno 1y ago

How I use AI as a technical writer

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www.cartoonbrew.com 1y ago

An Oral History of Morphing in Michael Jackson's 'Black or White' (2016)

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passo.uno 1y ago

TypeSpec reminds us why OpenAPI exists in the first place

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passo.uno 1y ago

Failing (and surviving failure) as a tech writer

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en.wikipedia.org 2y ago

Microsoft Anti-Virus (MSAV)

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passo.uno 2y ago

How to set up your tech writer up for success

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passo.uno 2y ago

Things I remind myself when working with others

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passo.uno 2y ago

Technical Writing in 2049

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en.wikipedia.org 2y ago

Non-Overlapping Magisteria (NOMA)

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jenniferplusplus.com 2y ago

Losing the Imitation Game (2023)

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passo.uno 2y ago

What to do when you're feeling AI anxiety as a tech writer

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www.win3x.org 2y ago

Microsoft Autoroute Express (1995)

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AI-or-not silliness aside (gets boring real fast): I find Gemini to be faster (it matters), more reliable, with quality of responses being at the same level as Claude's. Better integration with Google apps and devices is a plus.

The improvement in Gemini 2.5 is real, but I wouldn't say it's miles away from Claude 3.7. The fact that web browsing still isn't in Claude in Europe bothered me. It's many little things.

I was a loyal Claude user until I decided to try Gemini 2.5. "After all", I thought, "I already use a Pixel phone, so it's integrated with Android. And with Google Drive. And I can get it through my Google One subscription."

And now that I'm on it, I don't think I'm going back. Google did it again.

I'm a tech optimist, but I struggle to see a fast solution to the problems described by this article that doesn't involve ending apps and screens for good.

I'm seeing more reactions like this. I wonder if it's a consequence of reading AI generated drivel and not being able to tell content apart. Or perhaps people is asking for more action and less reaction. I don't know.

If functional code can be written and deployed by juniors using an LLM, then perhaps the required business logic isn't that complex after all. Ask them to write a device driver or a kernel module, or code a faster algorithm for, say, stock trading, and they'll soon see the need for closer inspection and manual coding.

The reality, though, is that for most CRUD / code scaffolding, what you need the most is good knowledge of the problem space and a solid enough foundation to ask LLMs for solutions. Because, let's not forget it, people with no coding knowledge whatsoever can't get functional stuff out of LLMs as fast as non-developers.

We need to get used to a world where augmentation means "getting rid of the boring stuff at the margins". There's no heroics in doing that stuff the old way.

It's not easy. Depends on the culture where one grew up, too, and family values weigh a lot in this. But when people from many different backgrounds get together to work, praise is the kind of thing that prevent networks from falling apart.

Amber Case's book on Calm Technology and design was a great read. Perhaps as a consequence of having studied Cognitive Science, I find this one to be the best book I’ve read on feature design — and not just for software.

It's full of easily digestible insights on attention and context, with excellent examples and clear explanations. It’s almost philosophical in its apparent simplicity.