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Going meta regarding tech articles, I find that it is easy to read some text-heavy articles (this being one of them) while my eyes glaze over other text-heavy a
by grok2 8y ago
Going meta regarding tech articles, I find that it is easy to read some text-heavy articles (this being one of them) while my eyes glaze over other text-heavy articles (I couldn't easily follow Dave Cheney's article on the same topic of Go generics a few days back, though with a slightly different focus and much shorter). I've wondered what is it about specific pages/articles/writing that make them flow nicely and make it easy to read -- is it the layout of the page (font/font-size/other styling) or is it how the writing flows together or is it a factor of how much thought the author put into presenting what they are thinking or is it me (time of day, interests, etc). Maybe it is just everything!
- guscost 8y agoWhile the typesetting helps here, I think a lot is due to the writing style. Writing easy-to-read content is difficult, and it’s usually not that obvious when you’re reading it, because you’re absorbing the concepts rather than struggling with the language.
- coldtea 8y agoObviously it's the writing. You can use "reader" mode on your browser (or with an extension) to verify this.