Writing for Software Developers launched today.
https://philipkiely.com/wfsd/
It's a book which includes both structured practical advice on form factor, writing style, etc, and also interviews with various writers, including @matt_levine and yours truly.
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2) The concept for this book is great as a business, in ways which are not necessarily obvious. It's an artifact for the consumption of software developers which includes basically no software. It's a book about writing which intentionally anti-targets 99.99% of writers.
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Why? Because constraining the topic to the needs of software developers specifically makes *the artifact much better* (you know you're writing for someone who cares about e.g. blog posts to get senior developer jobs and not midlist fiction, and can tailor advice appropriately).
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And note that you certainly could have hypothetically written Writing For $PROFESSION for literally any profession but choosing Software Developers means you structurally have a client who has effectively infinite budget for books which deliver career effectiveness.
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