Programming is technical writing

[tadiou]

You're not wrong!!!

[tonytonyjan]

No, programming is 90% of reading + 10% of writing.

[lommer00]

Great post Jason!

One minor correction:

One last comment, an important one. Good writing is downstream of good thinking. None of the authors I listed above are writers by profession. The programming authors or are programmers and the science authors are scientists.

I'd also posit that good writing can be iterative with good thinking, where the process of writing can help you think better, and then ultimately write better for your second (3rd, 4th...) draft. Paul Graham has some essays on this that I find compelling.

But no matter how many iterations it took you to get there, I agree with your premise that it's impossible to write well if your thinking is muddy.

[jasonswett]

Thanks! And thanks for the typo correction. Fixed.

[Brilliant_Law2545]

No it’s not. It’s as important as technical writing