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Discussion on: Series vs. single: which type of technical article do you prefer?

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Lucy Linder

thank you for taking the time!

I must admit the planning is the part I find daring with Series, but your comment makes me realise all doesn't need to be perfectly planned, I should have a try and see.

Another point with Series is, I fear I will want to amend part (if not all) of the previous articles when I start writing a new one on the same subject, and I usually try to avoid editing an article once it is live. One big article written in one go is easier. What is your politic on this? Do you often amend your articles?

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Vincent A. Cicirello

I haven't amended many times. When I do, it is mainly to fix a mistake. One example I can think of was when I realized I left out a step in an example GitHub Actions workflow demonstrating how to use an Action I maintain. Most of the times when I edit, it is usually not long after posting it to begin with. Reading it again and realizing I said something poorly. Or discovering a typo. I try not to go back and read older ones or else I'll drive myself nuts fixing things. If an example becomes obsolete because something changed in a library, etc, I'd rather just write something new than to continually update the old (maybe the old version is still useful to someone).