As a good rule of thumb, I've managed to set a trigger in my brain that goes off whenever I use the word "just." I've been a recipient of that word too many tim

As a good rule of thumb, I've managed to set a trigger in my brain that goes off whenever I use the word "just." I've been a recipient of that word too many times to not know better. It's amazing how much "just" can cover up. It is perhaps mostly orthogonal to the specific phrasing used here, and certainly the word "just" isn't in and of itself bad. But my feeling is that my technical writing has improved dramatically if I carefully consider each use of it. It often exposes a perspective gap that I have with my target audience.