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New comment by cyndunlop in "How developers react to AI-scented blog posts"

cyndunlop — Tue, 16 Jun 2026 17:48:44 +0000

I knew people didn't like AI-scented articles, mainly wanted to see what specific actions people took when they encountered them.

Discord Automates ScyllaDB Clusters at Scale

cyndunlop — Fri, 08 May 2026 21:51:22 +0000

Article URL: https://discord.com/blog/how-discord-automates-scylladb-clusters-at-scale

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48069218

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

New comment by cyndunlop in "Ask HN: How do you feel about AI assisted blogging?"

cyndunlop — Fri, 01 May 2026 18:56:28 +0000

I actually started a survey on how people react to AI assisted blogging ~a week ago. It's at https://forms.gle/oskwkY12epMpXHAZ6 if you want to share there as well

You've Got (Too Much) Mail: Behind the Scenes of the 3/25/26 Voice Outage

cyndunlop — Thu, 30 Apr 2026 19:44:46 +0000

Article URL: https://discord.com/blog/behind-the-scenes-of-the-3-25-26-voice-outage

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47967310

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

Ask HN: How do you respond to blog posts that seem AI assisted?

cyndunlop — Mon, 20 Apr 2026 18:06:54 +0000

When you hit an article that smells like AI, do you immediately click away? Hold your nose and keep reading if the topic is interesting? Take note of the author and never read their work again? Would it matter if a human authored it in another language then AI translated to English?

Please share in this survey (https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfNweiNKzIOsMLbJJ4cps0uQJS1DA4srdsVyDHh8l-Q6fDd0w/viewform?usp=header) and/or weigh in here

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47838257

Points: 1

# Comments: 3

Ask HN: Why/how do you use LLMs to draft tech blogs?

cyndunlop — Wed, 15 Apr 2026 13:20:54 +0000

I want to understand why/how people use LLMs to write tech blogs…not LLM-shaming, just genuinely curious. If you've tried it at least once, please respond to this 2-minute anonymous survey: https://forms.gle/RAK8sTPF8Ey24Ehs6 and also discuss here. I'll write up the results and share.

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47778602

Points: 2

# Comments: 1

How Accurate Are Google's A.I. Overviews?

cyndunlop — Tue, 07 Apr 2026 15:15:49 +0000

Article URL: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/07/technology/google-ai-overviews-accuracy.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47676690

Points: 7

# Comments: 1

New comment by cyndunlop in "Show HN: We open-sourced our content writing workflow as a Claude Code skill"

cyndunlop — Thu, 02 Apr 2026 15:53:53 +0000

High memory usage in Postgres is good

cyndunlop — Mon, 30 Mar 2026 21:02:21 +0000

Article URL: https://planetscale.com/blog/high-memory-usage-in-postgres-is-good-actually

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47579667

Points: 3

# Comments: 1

Gergely Orosz on Technical Blogging

cyndunlop — Tue, 24 Mar 2026 16:12:21 +0000

Article URL: https://writethatblog.substack.com/p/gergely-orosz-on-technical-blogging

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47504902

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

Future Casting the Modern Data Stack

cyndunlop — Tue, 24 Mar 2026 00:19:49 +0000

Article URL: https://motherduck.com/blog/future-casting-the-modern-data-stack/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47497018

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

What Happens with Open Source in the Age of AI?

cyndunlop — Sun, 22 Mar 2026 01:47:53 +0000

Article URL: https://turso.tech/blog/what-happens-with-oss-in-the-age-of-ai

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47473606

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

Integrated Gauges: Lessons Learned Monitoring Seastar's IO Stack

cyndunlop — Thu, 19 Mar 2026 16:12:27 +0000

Article URL: https://www.scylladb.com/2026/03/17/integrated-gauges-lessons-learned-monitoring-seastars-io-stack/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47441780

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

New comment by cyndunlop in "Writing for Developers"

cyndunlop — Wed, 18 Mar 2026 18:25:31 +0000

My colleague and I published a book to help developers write more compelling blog posts. Bryan Cantrill wrote the foreword, Scott Hanselman wrote the afterword. Eric Lippert was the technical editor. There are more details at https://github.com/scynthiadunlop/WritingForDevelopersBook

You can read some chapters for free on the Manning site. Chapter 8 is available at https://writethatblog.substack.com/p/the-bug-hunt-blog-post-.... And if you want some other chapter(s) as a preview, find the authors and ask nicely.

The book covers strategies for optimizing all phases of the technical blogging process (topic selection, planning, drafting, revising…). Then, we have fun exploring popular engineering blog post patterns such as “The Bug Hunt,” “How We Built It,” “Lessons Learned,” “We Rewrote It in X,” “Thoughts on Trends,” etc. Each "pattern" chapter includes an analysis of real-world examples as well as specific dos/don’ts for that particular pattern. There's a section on moving from blogging into opportunities such as article writing, conference speaking, and book writing. Finally, we wrap with a look at generative AI blogging uses and abuses.

It’s NOT some thinly veiled effort to sell editing/training services (we don’t have any and don't plan to). And it’s not intended to help you get rich from blogging or to divulge some magic formula for hitting the top of HN.

Here’s the table of contents…

Part 1: Fundamentals>>> 1 Why write 2 What to write 3 Captivating readers

Part 2: Nailing the writing process>>> 4 Creating your working draft 5 Optimizing your draft 6 Getting feedback 7 Ship it

Part 3: Applying blog post patterns>>> 8 The “Bug Hunt” pattern 9 The “Rewrote It in X” pattern 10 The “How We Built It” pattern 11 The “Lessons Learned” pattern 12 The “Thoughts on Trends” pattern 13 The “Non-markety Product Perspectives” pattern 14 The “Benchmarks and Test Results” pattern

Part 4: Promotion, adaptation, and expansion>>> 15 Getting attention 16 From blog post to conference talk 17 So you want to write a book

Appendices>>> A. Publishing and writing resources B. AI uses and abuses

Writing for Developers

cyndunlop — Wed, 18 Mar 2026 18:25:31 +0000

Article URL: https://www.manning.com/books/writing-for-developers

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47429433

Points: 1

# Comments: 1

800th blog post: Write that Blog

cyndunlop — Tue, 10 Mar 2026 12:42:36 +0000

Article URL: http://muratbuffalo.blogspot.com/2026/03/800th-blog-post-write-that-blog.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47322485

Points: 4

# Comments: 0

Tracing Discord's Elixir Systems (Without Melting Everything)

cyndunlop — Wed, 04 Mar 2026 21:59:37 +0000

Article URL: https://discord.com/blog/tracing-discords-elixir-systems-without-melting-everything

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47254557

Points: 15

# Comments: 0

New comment by cyndunlop in "We Wrote a Book: Writing for Developers (Manning Publications)"

cyndunlop — Wed, 04 Mar 2026 14:00:40 +0000

My colleague and I published a book (w Manning) to help developers write more compelling blog posts. Bryan Cantrill wrote the foreword, Scott Hanselman wrote the afterword. Eric Lippert was the technical editor.

You can read some chapters for free on the Manning site (mng.bz/Y7oK). Chapter 8 is available at https://writethatblog.substack.com/p/the-bug-hunt-blog-post-.... And if you want some other chapter(s) as a preview, find the authors and ask nicely.

Here’s the table of contents…

Part 1: Fundamentals 1 Why write 2 What to write 3 Captivating readers

Part 2: Nailing the writing process 4 Creating your working draft 5 Optimizing your draft 6 Getting feedback 7 Ship it

Part 3: Applying blog post patterns 8 The “Bug Hunt” pattern 9 The “Rewrote It in X” pattern 10 The “How We Built It” pattern 11 The “Lessons Learned” pattern 12 The “Thoughts on Trends” pattern 13 The “Non-markety Product Perspectives” pattern 14 The “Benchmarks and Test Results” pattern

Part 4: Promotion, adaptation, and expansion 15 Getting attention 16 From blog post to conference talk 17 So you want to write a book

Appendices A. Publishing and writing resources B. AI uses and abuses

We Wrote a Book: Writing for Developers (Manning Publications)

cyndunlop — Wed, 04 Mar 2026 14:00:40 +0000

Article URL: https://github.com/scynthiadunlop/WritingForDevelopersBook

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47247478

Points: 3

# Comments: 1

Data vs. Hype: How Orgs Win with AI – The Pragmatic Summit [video]

cyndunlop — Tue, 24 Feb 2026 18:25:12 +0000

Article URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LOHgRw43fFk

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47140673

Points: 1

# Comments: 0