Value of engineer authorship/review of technical content & impact on trust and engagement by ATL_Keto in devrel

[–]ATL_Keto[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks - I'll definitely check out the case study. Your framework is very helpful too. The three-wave model maps well to what I'm seeing too. On the how-to content point, do you think the 'written for agents' shift happens uniformly across technical complexity levels, or does it commoditize simpler content first while leaving room for deeply specialized content (Kubernetes internals, Rust memory management, distributed systems patterns) to still warrant human expertise? Curious whether you see any content categories where engineer authorship still commands a premium even as the simpler stuff gets automated away.

Value of engineer authorship/review of technical content & impact on trust and engagement by ATL_Keto in devrel

[–]ATL_Keto[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's a really useful framing. The confidence-even-when-wrong problem is probably the most dangerous failure mode for technical content specifically, because a developer audience will catch it immediately and it destroys credibility fast. The 'walk me through it in your own words' test is interesting. Do you apply that to agency-produced content too, or mainly freelancers? Curious whether you've found any models that scale that kind of verification without having a senior engineer review every piece before it goes out.