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You have said a bunch of useful stuff in HN comments that people end up pointing to, but in those comment rants you also have a tendency to leave things hanging
by idlewords 8y ago
You have said a bunch of useful stuff in HN comments that people end up pointing to, but in those comment rants you also have a tendency to leave things hanging or allude to things without further explanation (I think for fear of being boring), or to assume people understand the context of a long-running debate.
I think you should consider hoisting more of this stuff out into standalone blog posts that you can flesh out and also update as circumstances warrant. I don't think I'm the only one who has learned a lot from reading you, but often felt myself wishing it had been dumbed down a shade for beginners.
Maybe the best argument for it is that blog posts remain mutable and you can add and expand as necessary, unlike these HN posts that are frozen in amber.
- tptacek 8y agoThis place has basically ruined me for writing. I used to sort of know how to do it! The idea of writing a top-to-bottom "browser Javascript is evil" post is intimidating to me now. It was intimidating when I wrote the post referred to above! And that one wasn't even good! I'll work on it.
- idlewords 8y agoOne idea is to get a volunteer or hired goon to simply collate your HN posts and post them somewhere editable. Then when you read them over, you'll be horrified and the editing instinct will kick in.