There's a specific tone that people here love, that combines sharing knowledge with humility (beginner's mind).
See the Rust post about Pin on the front page - the author is the Rust developer that wrote Pin, but the post reads as though he's learning about it for the first time.
The startup failure posts that do really well are the ones where the author takes ownership of the failure, describes the events leading up to it in detail, and then maybe blames the business side a bit.
- has clunky writing
- speaks from an unearned place of authority
There's a specific tone that people here love, that combines sharing knowledge with humility (beginner's mind).
See the Rust post about Pin on the front page - the author is the Rust developer that wrote Pin, but the post reads as though he's learning about it for the first time.
The startup failure posts that do really well are the ones where the author takes ownership of the failure, describes the events leading up to it in detail, and then maybe blames the business side a bit.