Sarah K Moir
@smore.bsky.social
Endlessly curious about docs, music, data, ethics in tech, inclusivity, borders on the web, and so much more. Can be spotted taking the bus to the club. Technical writer in SF. She/her.
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Sarah K Moir
@smore.bsky.social
· Oct 13
This is important
Sarah Moir is a tech writer in San Francisco, CA, USA. Read the output of her curiosity-driven research into music metadata, technical writing practices, documentation for startups and SaaS, data anal...
thisisimportant.net
I also have a blog at thisisimportant.net, please motivate me to publish more than once every 6 months (oh no)
I want everyone with this many thoughts to have a blog
If you have 10-20 tweets on a theme, you should patch the holes and turn them into an essay on the real internet.
January 6, 2026 at 5:49 AM
I want everyone with this many thoughts to have a blog
sometimes I miss megaupload and mediafire, google drive and dropbox links hit different
January 4, 2026 at 5:22 AM
sometimes I miss megaupload and mediafire, google drive and dropbox links hit different
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I've been considering what LLMs mean for the practice of writing documentation for years now, but didn't fully conceptualize what it means for how we provide content to readers... I coalesced my thoughts into a "strategy":
thisisimportant.net/posts/ai-str...
thisisimportant.net/posts/ai-str...
Developing an AI strategy for documentation
Content discovery is evolving. How do you deliver content for LLMs, AI agents, and AI chatbots, and what might you want to include in an AI strategy for technical documentation?
thisisimportant.net
December 12, 2025 at 5:40 AM
I've been considering what LLMs mean for the practice of writing documentation for years now, but didn't fully conceptualize what it means for how we provide content to readers... I coalesced my thoughts into a "strategy":
thisisimportant.net/posts/ai-str...
thisisimportant.net/posts/ai-str...
"It’s not enough to write effective, accurate, and useful content. You also need to identify how people discover your content — invest in documentation discovery and evangelism."
thisisimportant.net/posts/docume...
getting people to care about your content, like horses and water...
thisisimportant.net/posts/docume...
getting people to care about your content, like horses and water...
Save a horse, use a content strategy
Technical content can be as pristine as a crystal clear mountain pond, but if no one can find it, they'll drink out of a muddy puddle instead.
thisisimportant.net
December 11, 2025 at 5:52 AM
"It’s not enough to write effective, accurate, and useful content. You also need to identify how people discover your content — invest in documentation discovery and evangelism."
thisisimportant.net/posts/docume...
getting people to care about your content, like horses and water...
thisisimportant.net/posts/docume...
getting people to care about your content, like horses and water...
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"Automation never meets a task in the world and simply does it."
www.robinsloan.com/lab/all-that...
www.robinsloan.com/lab/all-that...
All that is solid melts into code
More computer, rather than more human.
www.robinsloan.com
December 8, 2025 at 4:25 AM
"Automation never meets a task in the world and simply does it."
www.robinsloan.com/lab/all-that...
www.robinsloan.com/lab/all-that...
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shoutout to my favorite reference doc on the internet strftime.org
Python strftime reference cheatsheet
A quick reference for Python's strftime formatting directives.
strftime.org
December 6, 2025 at 6:57 AM
shoutout to my favorite reference doc on the internet strftime.org
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“Maybe we’re onto something.”
“How can we tell? We’ve only done this 187,623 times with the same success every single time. Could be a fluke.”
“How can we tell? We’ve only done this 187,623 times with the same success every single time. Could be a fluke.”
An Oregon pilot program giving cash to homeless youths sees a staggering reduction in homelessness. The program gave participants $1,000 cash payments each month for two years, and at the end of the project's first phase, 91% of participants reported being in stable housing.
Oregon pilot program giving cash to homeless youths sees staggering reduction in homelessness
The state program gave participants $1,000 cash payments each month for two years. At the end of the project's first phase, 91% of participants reported being in stable housing.
www.streetroots.org
December 3, 2025 at 6:17 AM
“Maybe we’re onto something.”
“How can we tell? We’ve only done this 187,623 times with the same success every single time. Could be a fluke.”
“How can we tell? We’ve only done this 187,623 times with the same success every single time. Could be a fluke.”
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December 1, 2025 at 2:42 PM
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trying to get back to a world where I'm avidly following all the cyborgology folks online...
December 1, 2025 at 5:55 PM
trying to get back to a world where I'm avidly following all the cyborgology folks online...
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Anyway if YOU feel like the algorithm has eroded your curiosity and you want to hear a bunch of varied and novel new music I strongly recommend taking part in THE WORLD CUP OF 2025 on @peoples-pop-polls.bsky.social
November 29, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Anyway if YOU feel like the algorithm has eroded your curiosity and you want to hear a bunch of varied and novel new music I strongly recommend taking part in THE WORLD CUP OF 2025 on @peoples-pop-polls.bsky.social
This pretty much sums up how I approach learning about things and existing (when I have the energy) so uh, highly recommend if you want to know more about more things: naomialderman.substack.com/p/how-to-act...
how to actually be enjoyably well-educated (1 of 3)
or: how not to allow AI-generated education advice to rot your brain
naomialderman.substack.com
November 18, 2025 at 5:40 AM
This pretty much sums up how I approach learning about things and existing (when I have the energy) so uh, highly recommend if you want to know more about more things: naomialderman.substack.com/p/how-to-act...
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"The new NRF report acknowledges that retailers do not 'have a unified industry database collecting retail crime data,' and many retailers lack 'the resources or capabilities to collect and track retail theft.' Yet the NRF still issued a report claiming shoplifting has increased 93% in four years."
Lies, damn lies, and shoplifting statistics
For 32 years, the National Retail Federation (NRF) — the lobbying group representing major retailers in the United States — has produced the "National Retail Security Survey." The survey, widely cited...
popular.info
November 1, 2025 at 6:08 PM
"The new NRF report acknowledges that retailers do not 'have a unified industry database collecting retail crime data,' and many retailers lack 'the resources or capabilities to collect and track retail theft.' Yet the NRF still issued a report claiming shoplifting has increased 93% in four years."
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one of my niche interests is music data analysis... a couple months ago I gave a lightning talk about music metadata and finally finished writing up all the details for my blog:
thisisimportant.net/posts/music-...
thisisimportant.net/posts/music-...
Music metadata: What it is and why it matters
What music metadata is, how digital streaming providers (DSPs) create acoustic, explicit, and cultural music metadata, what music metadata is used for, why music metadata matters to listeners, and how...
thisisimportant.net
October 23, 2025 at 5:37 AM
one of my niche interests is music data analysis... a couple months ago I gave a lightning talk about music metadata and finally finished writing up all the details for my blog:
thisisimportant.net/posts/music-...
thisisimportant.net/posts/music-...
constantly internally raving about how good this extension is and didn't do enough raving about it externally: www.libraryextension.com
any page that you go look at a book, it will search your local library catalog and tell you if it has it!
any page that you go look at a book, it will search your local library catalog and tell you if it has it!
Library Extension (for web browsers)
Library Extension lets you instantly see book and eBook availability from your local library
www.libraryextension.com
October 16, 2025 at 1:19 AM
constantly internally raving about how good this extension is and didn't do enough raving about it externally: www.libraryextension.com
any page that you go look at a book, it will search your local library catalog and tell you if it has it!
any page that you go look at a book, it will search your local library catalog and tell you if it has it!
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@sfmta.bsky.social please please run more N trains at rush hour, I’d like to be less physically close to my fellow commuters on a regular basis.
October 15, 2025 at 12:37 AM
@sfmta.bsky.social please please run more N trains at rush hour, I’d like to be less physically close to my fellow commuters on a regular basis.