Across the Techverse #7
Your one stop resource to the technical writing world.
Hello, world!
Welcome to another issue of Across the Techverse, your one-stop resource to stay updated with the most incredible tech writers in Substack and beyond. This week we have exciting news regarding the future of this community and a couple of resources for you.
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🗞 News from The Stack
Our little community of Tech Writers has crossed 260 subscribers, and our directory has 23 blogs and substacks listed! Also, we got our first 6 paid subscribers!
Exciting news this week, we just activated paid subscriptions! For a small price, you can now support The Tech Writers Stack and help us grow. As a paid subscriber, not only will you have our immense thanks, but you will get a prominent feature in this newsletter and our directory, and you’ll get a voice and vote in our decision to help us shape the community's future.
Here's our foundational post to learn more about our intentions with paid subscriptions.
And for early adopters, during the whole month of August, we’re running a special promotion with a 50% lifetime discount!
Also, we recently created a Twitter (or X) profile for our community. Check us out at @techwriterstack. Make sure to follow and tag us whenever you want a retweet or shout-out. We will follow all the creators registered in our directory and amplify their voices on Twitter.
Finally, remember that we’re hosting the Summer Collaboration Contest all summer. Pick someone you’ve never written an article with and do something cool. Check out this post for details. We’ll have awards!
🎯 From our Supporters
writes about everything that interests him at . You'll always find something counterintuitive to learn, from productivity hacks to artificial intelligence, societal issues, and anything in-between. Plus, he just published his first novel, Paradox, book one of The Singularity Chronicles, a sci-fi look at the birth of AI. is a writing professor who will teach you the hidden art of iSophistry, or how to use technology in your writing to change the way you think at . He also runs an online community where he shares materials —like useful prompts— to help you overcharge your writing skills. is writing from his heart at , ranging from his experience as a carer to his interests in technology to op-eds on societal issues. His writing is personal and honest, a bit poetic sometimes, and always a breath of fresh air in your inbox. writes about computer programming at , with a wide topic range covering beginner to intermediate interests. He also publishes a weekly digest of recent news and resources from the software development world. His articles are deeply technical but easy to follow. will show the nitty-gritty of the Python programming language a . He writes with a unique style, interweaving narrative elements and carefully designed stories with technical topics. If you want to learn his style, he’s spilling the beans on narrative technical writing at . writes about artificial intelligence, quantum computing, cryptography, and other hot computer science topics at . But he does so without selling you snake oil, diving deep under the surface of the technology, and teaching you the fundamental underlying principles.🎥 Previously on The Stack
Last week we featured
from in our Tech Writers Highlight.And we had the incredible honor of interviewing Abigail Rennemeyer, Editor at freeCodeCamp.org, on everything you need to ensure your technical article is flawless, from how to craft a compelling title to the type of language you should use.
🔍 Discover new tech writers
This week we want to shout a new tech substack added to our directory.
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🔥 Highlights of the week
This is a list of the coolest articles published in our community last week:
Goatfury's Futurescapes published 7 articles:
The Python Coding Stack published 2 articles:
Cyborgs Writing published 2 articles:
The AI Observer published 5 articles:
Mostly Harmless Ideas published 5 articles:
Aurum Bits published 2 articles:
The Upgrade published ByteDance goes all in on AI, come what may.
The Software & Data Spectrum published CSS Dictionary - A Guide for Beginners (Part One).
Unpacked published Generative AI and the Future of News - a tale of two worlds.
The Intelligent Blog published Alchemy, the Philosopher's Stone and the Ten Capital Sins of businesses..
Polymathic Being published 2 articles:
Breaking the Rules published Mystery in the Manor (Ep. 4).
Teaching computers how to talk published AI & Show Business: A Fake South Park Episode Sparks Controversy.
The Absent-Minded Professor published What Is Your Good Quest?.
Under the Hype published Towards Quantum Computing (III): Through the Quantum Gate.
And that’s it for today! Stay in touch, and tell your nerd friends about us; you’ll earn rewards!
A really really dumb mistake in the email version screwed most of the links. Should be fixed in the online version now :)
Thank you for featuring me. That was a better description of my work than I could ever come up with myself