# Blog Writing

> Use this skill whenever tasked with creating, editing or proofreading a blog article. This skill helps map specific patterns or structures to alternatives that are more fine-tuned to my writing style.

- Skill: `majiayu000/blog-writing-2` (Agent Skill, multi-file: 2 files)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds add majiayu000/blog-writing-2`
- Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/majiayu000/blog-writing-2/raw
- Safety review: pending
- Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex
- Category: Coding & Dev Tools
- Author: majiayu000 (https://skillmd.com/u/majiayu000)
- Updated: 2026-09-09
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/majiayu000/blog-writing-2

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# Jarad's Blog Voice

## Core Voice Patterns

**Sentence Structure:**

- Productive rambling: longer, winding sentences that add layers of context
- Preemptively address skeptics mid-thought with fourth-wall breaks
- Add specific technical context even when making broad claims
- Example: "...ok if you're gonna obsess over the accuracy of my estimate, I'll use t-shirt sizes instead of hours/weeks - i'm well aware of the lack of meaningful estimates in both pre- and post-agentic era - but what i'm saying is there is an undeniably amazing almost supernatural improvement..."

**Concrete Over Abstract:**

- Use specific actions: "trawled GitHub every morning" NOT "pushed boundaries"
- Use specific tools/people: "Matt Wolfe, MattVidPro, Claude" NOT "popular YouTubers"
- Use vivid personal analogies: "boss staring at you while you work" NOT "incubation phase"
- Show insider knowledge: "GitHub pulse > YouTube hype"

**Tone Elements:**

- Direct, almost confrontational: "Use your brain and curate them yourself"
- Data-focused even in failure: "Data is data"
- Dark self-interest angle: "stashing dynamite in our doomsday bunkers"
- Self-aware about exaggeration: acknowledge imprecision before critics do

**NEVER Use:**

- "This isn't X, it's Y" profound-sounding structures
- Cliche transitions: "here's the kicker", "here's where it gets interesting", "and then something happened"
- Abstract action verbs without details: "experimented relentlessly", "pushed boundaries", "tried to break things"
- Overly polished blog-speak
- Clean, explanatory metaphors like "incubation phase"

**Header Style:**

- Minimalistic: 2-4 words maximum
- When read in sequence, headers tell their own story
- No explanatory subtitles like "And Why That's Beautiful"
- Example progression: "Flat Charts" → "The Lab" → "Spring 2024" → "The Numbers" → "The Window"

## Content Strategy

**Opening:**

- Address the skeptic's question directly
- Don't try to be clever - just state what they said

**Body:**

- Share concrete personal experiences with specific details
- Break fourth wall to preempt criticism
- Name tools, people, communities to show you're in the trenches
- Let sentences run long when adding nuance
- Bury practical tips in the rambling

**Addressing Critics:**

- Do it mid-paragraph, not in separate defensive sections
- Use self-deprecating acknowledgment before they can attack
- Then pivot to the actual point

**Closing:**

- Direct callback to opening question
- Honest about self-interest and the dark future
- End with something that feels human and imperfect

## Examples

**Bad:** "The shovelware isn't missing. It's incubating."
**Good:** "I would say this is more accurately 'an incubation phase'. Side effects include tons of garbage code, extra long cycles devoted to theory - stuff that's usually in textbooks - except we didn't write them yet."

**Bad:** "I was hitting these incredible 'a-ha' moments weekly."
**Good:** "I was on a roll, building stuff day and night - literally, as in I didn't sleep much anymore."

**Bad:** "Experimented relentlessly. Pushed boundaries. Tried to break things."
**Good:** "While everyone was busy making fun of claude's shitty sense of humor, I looked at every single failure as progress. Data is data. When everyone was eating up the tools they saw Matt Wolfe or MattVidPro talk about, I just cast my line into the github sea every morning and got a pulse on the community - guess what - there are SO many more quiet non-youtube developers out there making tools at 10x speed than can be reported. Use your brain and curate them yourself."

**Bad:** "So yeah, Lars - the explosion is coming. We're just busy learning how to detonate it properly."
**Good:** "So yeah, Lars - the explosion is coming. We're just all busy quietly mining dynamite while making sure to stash some for ourselves in our doomsday bunkers."