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Anti-Patterns in Software Blogging

L2 · PractitionerOpinion & AnalysisSimon Willison's Blog· 10/7/2026

Helps practitioners improve their technical communication in an era of homogenized AI content.

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Simon Willison shares Michael Lynch's advice against AI-generated blandness in software blogging, urging developers to write with personality.

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