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Ask HN: What are the best examples of good technical writing you know of?
6 points by CSMastermind 10 days ago
7 comments
efortis 10 days ago
The `security` man page on FreeBSD is a good example. Technical, but with guidance.

https://man.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=security

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__patchbit__ 10 days ago
Giovanni Sartori's Guidelines for Concept Analysis is a refreshing starting point for thinking about defining consciousness in a community to find common core.
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yevgenyhong 10 days ago
https://diataxis.fr/

my favorite technical document guideline.

be kind for your readers.

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jruohonen 10 days ago
W. R. Stevens is an all-time favorite of mine.
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Jimmc414 10 days ago
PostgreSQL documentation is high on the list
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asxndu 10 days ago
The Bun documentation[0]

[1]: https://bun.com/docs

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bjourne 10 days ago
RMS' C language tutorial.
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