2023-03-01 Be clear about who does what If you’re not clear about who is supposed to act, people will assume that it’s not them. Be clear so everyone knows what to expect. Categories Resources
2023-02-15 It’s better to be clear than correct Your prose is not code; it will not fail because you forgot a semicolon. Prefer being understood to strict adherence to grammatical rules. Categories Resources
2023-02-01 AIANYF: Acronyms & Initialisms Are Not Your Friends Acronyms can be confusing when they’re unfamiliar to your reader. Err on the side of explaining, even if you don’t think you need to. Categories Resources
2023-01-18 Stop writing like an engineer Put the important part at the beginning of your post or email. Don’t assume people will read the whole thing. Categories Resources
2022-08-08 Using WhenIsGood to schedule meetings I don’t want to call these “best practices”, but these are my practices for using WhenIsGood to schedule a meeting. Categories Resources
2022-04-25 New resource: decision template I added a new entry on the Duck Alignment Academy Resources page: a decision template. Use this template when you need to make a decision in the community. It provides a simple way to define the problem, the proposed solution, and the process for making the decision. Too often, decisions in open source communities become complicated because participants make incompatible... Categories Resources