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Re:Ask HN: Please stop writing tutorials/tech articles on Me... by wpietri on Friday October 30, 2020 @10:22AM (#24942487)
Could you walk me through your market value estimate for a quick writeup of an obscure Rails feature?
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Re:Ask HN: Please stop writing tutorials/tech articles on Me... by criddell on Friday October 30, 2020 @10:39AM (#24942680)
The value is the intersection of what some people are willing to pay and what the author is welling to accept.
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Re:Ask HN: Please stop writing tutorials/tech articles on Me... by dhimes on Friday October 30, 2020 @11:03AM (#24942946)
Exactly. If the article has no value what's the big deal?
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Re:Ask HN: Please stop writing tutorials/tech articles on Me... by wpietri on Friday October 30, 2020 @04:17PM (#24946455)
Sorry if I wasn't clear, but when I said estimate, I meant calculating actual numbers.
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