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Philip Kiely
Personal blog · philipkiely.com/essayswritingculture
Philip Kiely's personal blog at philipkiely.com covers writing and culture. Since 2019, 9 different Hacker News readers have linked it 49 times, most often “Show HN: Writing for Software Developers”. No feed was found, so read it on the site itself.
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Why HN links it
Philip Kiely's site hosts Writing for Software Developers, a book about technical writing and the business of writing for engineers. HN threads on technical writing books mention it.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 3 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Speaking and media appearances
Most-linked posts?
- Show HN: Writing for Software Developers3 people · 4 mentions · first linked 2020-05-12
- Show HN: Cold Email for Interesting People2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2020-11-12
- The Lifetime Dividend Earmark2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2020-12-27
- How to cold email people the right way, 2nd edition2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2021-04-27
- Interview Transcript – Donald Knuth [pdf]2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2020-12-30
What Hacker News says?
https://philipkiely.com/essays I write about aspects of technical content development. Recent titles include "What I Learned about Style and Writing from Watching Bruce Lee" and "Making Useful Charts and Diagrams when you Suck at Drawing."
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on “Ask HN: What is your blog and why should I read it?”Submitted Show HN: Writing for Software Developers as a story · 267 points
HN discussionIn 2020, I launched a book that did really well for a few days, including on this platform. Despite extremely inconsistent marketing efforts, throughout 2021 residual sales netted me an average of over 500 dollars per month. It is wonderful that a project I worked on in college still fills my fridge every week by reaching new readers on its own momentum. https://philipkiely.com/wfsd/
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on “Ask HN: Those making $500/month on side projects in 2021 – Show and tell”Submitted Interview Transcript – Donald Knuth [pdf] as a story · 170 points
HN discussionI "hand-draw" graphics for technical articles, but on an iPad, which works well for me. Here's how I came to my current style, by experiment and reverse engineering: https://philipkiely.com/essays/useful_charts.html
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on “Crafting “Crafting Interpreters””Submitted Show HN: Million Dollar Jobs, a platform for jobs with $1M+ annual compensation as a story · 35 points
HN discussion"Throughout college, also I have sought physical engagement outside of martial arts, taking up climbing and lifting." [0] Not to be harsh, but I wouldn't buy a book from someone writing about writing that writes awkward/grammatically incorrect sentences like the one above. Also your background doesn't "checkout". You're writing about writing for software engineers, but how long have you been a software engineer? 3 y…
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on “Show HN: Writing for Software Developers”Submitted What I Learned about Style and Writing from Watching Bruce Lee as a story · 32 points
HN discussionHi HN, I have been working on Writing for Software Developers for six months and I'm so excited to finally launch it! I set myself the goal of launching before my (now virtual) university graduation and I'm proud to have hit that goal by six days. Right now the book is 12 dollars off (launch pricing) and you can read chapter 1 for free at https://philipkiely.com/assets/files/wfsd_chapter1_sample.pd... The book featu…
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on “Show HN: Writing for Software Developers”Submitted Show HN: Cold Email for Interesting People as a story · 17 points
HN discussionI finally finished writing the CMS that I was using as an excuse to delay the start of writing online, I just started publishing to https://philipkiely.com/essays and I have dozens more that I want to write.
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on “Ask HN: What are you working on?”Submitted Donald Knuth on Writing and More (An Interview) [pdf] as a story · 6 points
HN discussionDavid Beer & David McMurrey, A Guide to Writing as an Engineer http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1103219505 Philip Kiely, Writing for Software Developers https://philipkiely.com/wfsd/ Michael Alley The Craft of Scientific Writing http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1032304610 Also see Online Technical Writing https://mcmassociates.io/textbook/ David McMurrey
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on “Ask HN: Any great books about technical writing?”Submitted The Human's Guide to Competing with GPT as a story · 4 points
HN discussionI draw my diagrams on notecards and send them to our designer who brings them to life. The images start out looking like this: https://philipkiely.com/images/blogs/how-to-write-a-book/des...
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on “The efficient frontier of LLM inference”Submitted How to cold email people the right way, 2nd edition as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSEEKING WORK | Remote (central time USA) | Writing technical articles and tutorials I am a technical content writer specializing in longform high-value programming tutorials. I create the engaging content that your blog, newsletter, or other publication needs. Clients include Twilio, Smashing Magazine, WonderProxy, FloydHub (YC W17), and more. I have capacity for a couple more articles or similar projects this month…
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on “Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (April 2020)”Submitted Notes for Devs Talking to Designers as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSEEKING WORK | Technical Content Writer Remote (Worldwide, working from Central Time USA. I have clients from California to Munich) I am a technical content writer specializing in longform high-value programming tutorials. I create the engaging content that your blog, newsletter, or other publication needs. Email: philip @ kiely . xyz Full publication list: https://philipkiely.com/essays/posts.html Selected Post: ht…
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on “Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking Freelancer? (November 2019)”Submitted Interview notes on running a technical consultancy as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSEEKING WORK | Technical Content Writer Remote (Worldwide, working from Central Time USA. I have clients from California to Munich) I am a technical content writer specializing in longform high-value programming tutorials. I create the engaging content that your blog, newsletter, or other publication needs. Somewhat limited availability this month but openings in January. Email: philip @ kiely . xyz Full publication…
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on “Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking Freelancer? (December 2019)”Submitted The Lifetime Dividend Earmark as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSEEKING WORK | Remote | Technical Content Writer About You: You need an article or longer piece of writing for your blog, newsletter, magazine, or documentation. You want a quality piece of technical content that guides the reader through a complex subject with clear, complete examples. About Me: I write engaging tutorials on a variety of technologies for clients like Smashing Magazine and FloydHub. I specialize in…
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on “Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking Freelancer? (August 2019)”Submitted A Tiny Case Study in Automation as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSEEKING WORK | Technical Content Writer Remote (Worldwide, working from Central Time USA. I have clients from California to Munich) I am a technical content writer specializing in longform high-value programming tutorials. I create the engaging content that your blog, newsletter, or other publication needs. Email: philip @ kiely . xyz Full publication list: https://philipkiely.com/essays/posts.html Selected Post: ht…
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on “Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking Freelancer? (October 2019)”Submitted Game Theory Models for Black Friday Participation as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSEEKING WORK | Remote (central time USA) | Writing technical articles and tutorials I am a technical content writer specializing in longform high-value programming tutorials. I create the engaging content that your blog, newsletter, or other publication needs. Clients include Twilio, Smashing Magazine, WonderProxy, FloydHub (YC W17), and more. I have capacity for a couple more articles or similar projects this month…
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on “Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (May 2020)”Submitted A handbook on how to send cold emails as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSEEKING WORK | USA REMOTE I write technical and educational content to increase and engage your audience. I write fresh, original articles in native English with complete code samples: no handwaving or pseudocode. You can see some samples of my work at https://philipkiely.com/essays/posts.html
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on “Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking Freelancer? (July 2019)”Submitted How I Became the Quarter-Time Head of Marketing at Gumroad as a New Grad SWE as a story · 2 points
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