How to write technical posts so people will read them (2019)

Re:How to write technical posts so people will read them (2019) by uryga on Wednesday July 15, 2020 @08:23PM (#23854217)

> Rule of thumb: ~70 characters per line.

i wish HN followed that! i usually end up putting it in a narrow window (or emulate a narrow screen; Ctrl+Shift+M in Firefox) to make it easier to read.

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Re:How to write technical posts so people will read them (2019) by tennineeight on Thursday July 16, 2020 @02:25AM (#23856367)

And I just realised why I prefer to read HN on mobile. The Hews app in particular has fantastic flow to churn giant multi-threaded conversations. The desktop website, in comparison feels like designed for reading every single comment.

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Re:How to write technical posts so people will read them (2019) by runxel on Thursday July 16, 2020 @01:10PM (#23861108)

Me too!

Thats's why I use Stylus in Firefox. I style most of the sites I visit (I really like dark mode...). What I did on HN was e.g. to apply `.comment { max-width: 35em; }`. That's a much better width!

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