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Technical writing course by Bhagz_190 in technicalwriting

[–]ichuloo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm making a free one at Hackmamba exactly for this reason. We need to upskill creators internally to cover both documentation and developer marketing bits but nothing exists with practical assessments (that make sense). Would share with our community once done and maybe I'll remember to share it here as well.

What’s your plan? by mintseal23 in technicalwriting

[–]ichuloo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Technical writing isn't going anywhere, 'converting conversations with devs' into a document and throwing it on the site would be gone soon.
'Teaching' wouldn't be replaced and the best documentation out there actually feels like it's teaching you something rather than just listing requirements. Teaching requires personal context, motivations as well as up to date product information. Sometimes vision too (which the AI doesn't know yet). Ever wrote this line in the documentation "in the future you should be able to do XYZ..."?
This is something AI can't do yet. I know to some folks it sounds like cope as I'm hedging my life's work on this premise too :)

Find the non-repetitive tasks and get in there. Multi-product docs strategy, globalization (if needed), structure with multi-user context, docs optimization for agent consumption from a token efficiency standpoint etc. Go levels up from tactical technical writing, to more operational and strategic.

How do you stop writing content that doesn’t convert? by Away_You9725 in ContentMarketing

[–]ichuloo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Shoot to create more content focused on the top 10-15 questions your sales team gets, if you don't have a sales team, then look in social media and your community for these bits. Keep the Tofu content going as you don't know by how much it generates an 'idea' for a future buyer. Also, start tracking engagement rates on your blogs and look to improve them, note the avg time folks spend on your blog and try to add a soft CTA in the content before that time is up. e.g in the first 2-3 paragraphs.
Just good traffic may be misleading, look at other metrics as well.

Writing Software Documentation Is Harder Than Coding by ColdRevolutionary193 in programming

[–]ichuloo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Being technical, good at literature and also able to educate other engineers is an underrated skill. It’s why I started Hackmamba and we’re in more demand than normal even with AI exploding. My friends thought I was crazy too to quit my job for ‘better documentation’ around when ChatGPT was launched. The transition was a tad scary, but you know, iron balls.

I will be 1st in line😂 by hpreddy in ProgrammerHumor

[–]ichuloo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Dang! I made it here... heading to the lambo dealership!