Cynthia Dunlop
@cynthiadunlop
ScyllaDB | P99 CONF | "Writing for Developers: Blogs That Get Read" book (
New batch of interesting engineering blog posts on writethat.blog, courtesy of @sarna.dev - Tailscale didn’t stop the Hugging Face intrusion // @apenwarr.ca - @tailscale.com - Watching Go’s new garbage collector move through the heap // @eatonphil.bsky.social - @theconsensus.dev
Good read on writing in the NY Times today: www.nytimes.com/2026/08/04/o...
PSA: I just stumbled on this archive of historic US National Parks brochures. Lots of fun stuff there! ⛰️ npshistory.com
A new batch of engineering blog post picks on writethat.blog - courtesy of @sarna.dev - I ported K8s to the browser > @samwho.dev , @ngrok.com - Performance has layers > Steve Karam, @oxide.computer - Weekend trivia: your process’s memory is a file > @lcamtuf.coredump.cx
And 98% of readers prefer imperfect-yet-authentic writing over LLMified prose.
(Some) writers appreciate LLM writing assistance but readers hate it. Survey says… writethatblog.substack.com/p/dev-reacti... If readers suspect AI, they not only stop reading, but also downvote/avoid the author.
It seems LLMs are helping many previous non-writers share... something...which I like. But it's just sooo painful to read. writethatblog.substack.com/p/report-llm...
In a fit of frustration with AI-scented tech blogs, I ran a survey to see why/how people were having LLMs write their articles. writethatblog.substack.com/p/report-llm...
The latest batch of engineering blog picks for writethat.blog, courtesy of @sarna.dev... Natural Language Autoencoders: Turning Claude’s thoughts into text// @anthropic.com Content for content’s sake// @mitsuhiko.at Lessons learned building high-performance Rust profiler// Paweł Urbanek
Our latest (and final, maybe) tech blogger interview takes you into the sticky web of @ssp.sh writethatblog.substack.com/p/simon-spat...
The latest batch of engineering blog picks for writethat.blog, courtesy of @sarna.dev ... - Understanding the Go runtime: the network poller // @jespino.bsky.social - What are skiplists good for? // Will Wilson, @antithesis.com - Open source security at Astral // @yossarian.net, Astral
New tech blogger interview: This time, we’re featuring @mooreds.com, who shares how writing sends a rather powerful message writethatblog.substack.com/p/dan-moore-...
My team is there. Stop by the ScyllaDB booth (#4719), say hi, and get one of the most adorable plushies around. 😀
A peek at some early results from the “how/why do you use LLMs to draft tech blogs” survey… How often respondents use LLMs to draft blogs (remember that the survey is targeted to those who have tried it, at least once or twice, NOT those who have refrained)
Next up in our tech blogger interview series: @cassidoo.co , who just celebrated the 9th anniversary of her newsletter (Rendezvous with Cassidoo) 🌟 writethatblog.substack.com/p/cassidy-wi...
Piotr's latest engineering blog picks for writethat.blog... - When agents have wallets // @ludden.social - ZeroClick - Hypothesis, Antithesis, synthesis // @drmaciver.bsky.social - @antithesis.com - What happens with open source in the age of AI? // @glaubercosta.bsky.social y.social - @tur.so
Our latest interview: @gergely.pragmaticengineer.com shares his path to The Pragmatic Engineer, his favorite bloggers, and tips for others writethatblog.substack.com/p/gergely-or...
Day 2 of Monster Scale Summit! Today, we have @skamille.themanagerswrath.com, @antirez.bsky.social, @tigerbeetle.com (Joran), @dominiktornow.bsky.social, @teivah.dev, Avi Kivity, and lots more. Guaranteed 🔥🔥🔥 www.scylladb.com/monster-scal...
Behind the scenes at Monster SCALE Summit...live now www.scylladb.com/monster-scal...