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		rramadass on Aug 24, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: On Writing Well For Technical Writing, follow "The Minto Pyramid Principle" (https://untools.co/minto-pyramid/), keep everything Concise, Precise, use Assertive/Definitive voice and show Usage with Examples in the beginning itself.

zodvik on Aug 24, 2024 [–]

At Stripe, this was also framed as BLUF - bottom line up front.

rramadass on Aug 24, 2024 | [–]

BLUF is a Military standard; see article linked to under the "sources" section of the above link.

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