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Jan 29, 2020 at 23:36
I've seen some Rust talks recently that describe it as "an alternative to C/C++". This seems like a good framing. The term 'systems language' has hugely varying interpretations. Does it mean a web service? Does it mean an operating system? They have very different PL needs.

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Jun 25, 2022 at 23:37
Framing documentation work as creative solving of problems, not just writing up stuff made by other people:
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If we just see our task as documenting solutions that engineers have solved, it removes the creativity and critical thinking dimension from tech comm. The creative dimension in tech comm comes into play as we identify and solve tech comm challenges, such as devising ways to simplify complexity or otherwise improve the user experience.
Dec 17, 2020 at 08:50
I really like the framing of legacy code as "money making code". Presumably if it wasn't making money (possibly indirectly), it would have been deleted!