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Developer Experience and DevRel

Developer trust dies when marketing makes a technical claim the product cannot cash. These articles show where the debt starts, and the Stripe engineering blog shows what paying it down looks like.

Technical Writing for Engineers: The 80/20 Guide
Most engineering documentation fails for the same reasons. Here is what actually moves the needle.
13 min read
Quantifying the Engineering Velocity Impact of Technical Documentation
I analyze the structural correlation between documentation quality and engineering throughput, using DORA metrics and Accelerate research to quantify the ROI of technical writing.
11 min read
Stripe Engineering Blog: How It Became a Competitive Moat
I think the Stripe engineering blog became a moat because it teaches the payments domain and lowers integration risk before a sales conversation starts.
12 min read
Why Devtools Startups Lose Deals Over Bad Docs
DevTools startups lose deals long before sales hears the objection. I explain how weak docs break evaluation, trials, and rollout confidence.
11 min read
From Engineer to Technical Writer: What I Kept and What I Left Behind
I explain which engineering habits still make me better at technical writing, which ones I had to drop, and how the day-to-day work changed.
10 min read
Technical Writing for AI Products: The New Rules
AI product docs now need prompts, schemas, evals, and version boundaries. I explain the rules I would use to judge a technical writer for an AI company.
12 min read