# Make better documents. - Anil Dash

<https://www.anildash.com/2024/03/10/make-better-documents/>

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## What Jamie wrote

I love Dash's writeup on creating better, high quality documents. So many great pieces of advice here. I particularly resonated with the "Stop Formatting Everything to Death" section. Let the actual content and data show, not the lines and boxes. The animation showing this simplification [from Dark Horse Analytics](https://www.darkhorseanalytics.com/blog/clear-off-the-table/) is worth including.

![](https://cdn.glitch.global/d45aff89-36ba-46db-8c7c-3da7c8a93931/IMG_3448.gif)

The whole thing is a great read.

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- [WT280: Weekly Thing 280 / Canvas, Undersea, Documents](https://weekly.thingelstad.com/archive/280/), Notable

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