Simon Willison's Top Tip for Tech Blogging: Lower Your Standards and Publish
rseroter · x · 2026-08-07
Prominent developer Simon Willison shared his experiences and insights on technical writing via his blog. He emphasized that the most crucial advice for blogging is to lower your standards.
He advises writers to hit publish while they are still actively unhappy with their drafts, as the only alternative to imperfect publishing is a massive folder of drafts that never see the light of day. He points out that readers will never know how perfect your intended piece could have been, and the flaws you see in your own writing are often invisible to everyone else.
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