# What makes a great technical blog | notes.eatonphil.com

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## What Jamie wrote

Great list of recommendations for technical blogs, but I'd really say most of these apply to any blog!

> In short, they:
> 
> - Tackle hard and confusing topics
> - Show working code
> - Make things simpler
> - Write regularly
> - Talk about tradeoffs and downsides
> - Avoid internet slang, memes, swearing, sarcasm, and ranting

Only the second item is specific to a technical blog.

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