Category: Technology
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LDX3: How to Write Right Now
The hard part of technical writing is not figuring out what order to put words in. Indeed, an LLM can do a medium job of that given a sound prompt. The hard part is thinking through the context that makes it useful to the people reading it.
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Consent-Based Computing
Can’t make me! Possibly not everyone has this immediate reaction to software telling them to do something, like SIGN UP NOW or TRY AI or USE OUR CHATBOT. I do. My day is full of ignoring that reaction and also learning every tip and trick possible to avoid being alerted when I don’t want it.…
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Englishes
American Tech English, is, I think, a kind of constructed English, similar to Simplified English. It’s not quite as rigorously enforced as Simplified English, but I am one of its enforcers. I will strip nuance out of sentences, and prioritize simple grammatical structure over fluidity, pacing, or rhythm. If a sentence could possibly be two…
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Technically Lazy
Conflating code-y and technical means that a lot of technical people who could do the job really well are filtered out based on a lazy habit of thought.
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Building codes and the price of progress
Safety codes are a pain in the butt. Here is my reflection on our electrical code.