Ask HN: Any great books about technical writing?

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  • awesome-writing

    An awesome list of information to help developers write better, kinder, more helpful documentation and learning materials

  • diataxis-documentation-framework

    A systematic approach to creating better documentation.

  • I recommend everyone to read the SQLite documentation to see an example of excellence in technical writing.

    The other week a commenter here linked to this site as well: https://diataxis.fr/

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  • documentation-framework

    "The Grand Unified Theory of Documentation" (David Laing) - a popular and transformative documentation authoring framework

  • The Grand Unified Theory of Documentation also appears at Divio's site https://documentation.divio.com/

    Some additional documents that don't fit neatly into the 4-document model are

    Conceptual overviews, which are kind of like explanations but lean more towards the broader theories

    Case studies, focusing on practical examples in use

    FAQs are kind of a reference, focusing on common problems in usage

    Troubleshooting guides can cover problems too uncommon for FAQs, but they usually presume a certain level of knowledge

    Best practice articles are opinionated guides supplementing explanatory documents with additional guidance on why some solutions should be idiomatic

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