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Important efficiency lessons when writing for devs! ✍️

aldin on March 05, 2024

Pretty much everyone working in a dev-facing industry is bound to be to the point, at all times. Yes, many of us were developers, and plenty still...
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Jake Lundberg • Edited

Nice article 😊

I use ChatGPT a LOT.
Yes, a LOT.
Is what you're reading a product of it - no.
I fine-tune my prompts a lot.
Then I fine-tune its results.
And add a bit of soul.

love that you pointed this out! it's really hard to get through an article that was clearly written by AI and has no emotion or "soul" in it. the articles I remember the best (and almost always get the most out of) are the ones that had some humor, or relevant anecdotes that really help create associations.

Thanks for the article! Cheers! 🍻

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aldin

Much appreciated!

Yep! I still struggle with some stuff, like not opening 153838 topics simultaneously but staying on just 1 (thank God for the backspace).

But the idea is to strive and improve.
One of the beat copywriters around recently said “I always start with Dear son” then he deletes it afterwards, just for the sake of trying to write as he would to his child.

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Jake Lundberg

That’s an interesting idea 😀 i might give that try myself!

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Matija Sosic

Nice one! Short but to the point :)

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Deb

Great post on your workflow. Thanks for sharing.

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Nathan Tarbert

Good article Alden!
You mention to-the-point communication and learning from the best. Is there a particular book you recommend?

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aldin

Thx bud!
Huh, that’s an interesting question.

For verbal communication, I vote for “The Mom Test” to get the information, and “How to talk to anyone” for connecting properly.

For writing, I don’t have a book that comes to mind. What about you?

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uliyahoo

Nice light read!

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aldin

Featherweight he he :)
Thx Uli!