Fabrizio Ferri-Benedetti
@theletterf.bsky.social
Docs engineer. Tech writer. Collector of old manuals. Retrocomputing enthusiast. Opinions my own, etc. Don't panic! My blog is https://passo.uno
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I'm sort of surprised by this, but I'm enjoying being the condo board president this year. I care and people appreciate it. I might as well become the mayor of a small village. It was my aspiration when I was a little kid.
January 30, 2026 at 3:15 PM
I'm sort of surprised by this, but I'm enjoying being the condo board president this year. I care and people appreciate it. I might as well become the mayor of a small village. It was my aspiration when I was a little kid.
Reposted by Fabrizio Ferri-Benedetti
So how does development look like for me?
1. I spot Beautiful Mermaid on Hacker News.
2. I code an improvement to our docs generation tool using Cursor.
3. We test it out and iterate.
4. We ship it a day later.
I don't know what methodology this is, but it's FUN.
github.com/elastic/docs...
1. I spot Beautiful Mermaid on Hacker News.
2. I code an improvement to our docs generation tool using Cursor.
3. We test it out and iterate.
4. We ship it a day later.
I don't know what methodology this is, but it's FUN.
github.com/elastic/docs...
Add Mermaid diagrams using Beautiful Mermaid by theletterf · Pull Request #2586 · elastic/docs-builder
This adds Mermaid diagram rendering through fenced code blocks. The diagrams are rendered through Beautiful Mermaid in lazy-loading mode. This works in air-gapped mode, too, since the minified libr...
github.com
January 30, 2026 at 12:06 PM
So how does development look like for me?
1. I spot Beautiful Mermaid on Hacker News.
2. I code an improvement to our docs generation tool using Cursor.
3. We test it out and iterate.
4. We ship it a day later.
I don't know what methodology this is, but it's FUN.
github.com/elastic/docs...
1. I spot Beautiful Mermaid on Hacker News.
2. I code an improvement to our docs generation tool using Cursor.
3. We test it out and iterate.
4. We ship it a day later.
I don't know what methodology this is, but it's FUN.
github.com/elastic/docs...
Get the tape version.
January 30, 2026 at 12:34 PM
Get the tape version.
So how does development look like for me?
1. I spot Beautiful Mermaid on Hacker News.
2. I code an improvement to our docs generation tool using Cursor.
3. We test it out and iterate.
4. We ship it a day later.
I don't know what methodology this is, but it's FUN.
github.com/elastic/docs...
1. I spot Beautiful Mermaid on Hacker News.
2. I code an improvement to our docs generation tool using Cursor.
3. We test it out and iterate.
4. We ship it a day later.
I don't know what methodology this is, but it's FUN.
github.com/elastic/docs...
Add Mermaid diagrams using Beautiful Mermaid by theletterf · Pull Request #2586 · elastic/docs-builder
This adds Mermaid diagram rendering through fenced code blocks. The diagrams are rendered through Beautiful Mermaid in lazy-loading mode. This works in air-gapped mode, too, since the minified libr...
github.com
January 30, 2026 at 12:06 PM
So how does development look like for me?
1. I spot Beautiful Mermaid on Hacker News.
2. I code an improvement to our docs generation tool using Cursor.
3. We test it out and iterate.
4. We ship it a day later.
I don't know what methodology this is, but it's FUN.
github.com/elastic/docs...
1. I spot Beautiful Mermaid on Hacker News.
2. I code an improvement to our docs generation tool using Cursor.
3. We test it out and iterate.
4. We ship it a day later.
I don't know what methodology this is, but it's FUN.
github.com/elastic/docs...
Reposted by Fabrizio Ferri-Benedetti
don’t let chatgpt in the shire
January 30, 2026 at 2:30 AM
don’t let chatgpt in the shire
This library is great for implementing Mermaid rendering in SSGs! github.com/lukilabs/bea...
GitHub - lukilabs/beautiful-mermaid
Contribute to lukilabs/beautiful-mermaid development by creating an account on GitHub.
github.com
January 29, 2026 at 3:57 PM
This library is great for implementing Mermaid rendering in SSGs! github.com/lukilabs/bea...
Reposted by Fabrizio Ferri-Benedetti
I edited this meme myself
January 28, 2026 at 11:35 PM
I edited this meme myself
"Be like a promontory against which the waves are always breaking. It stands fast, and stills the waters that rage around it."
Yup. Marcus Aurelius.
Yup. Marcus Aurelius.
January 29, 2026 at 6:28 AM
"Be like a promontory against which the waves are always breaking. It stands fast, and stills the waters that rage around it."
Yup. Marcus Aurelius.
Yup. Marcus Aurelius.
Will our children rummage through our open source repositories as if they were diaries? Will they understand who we were from our commit messages and issues? Will our code compile for them? Will they feel anything when Python 47 will complain about deprecated dependencies?
January 28, 2026 at 7:32 AM
Will our children rummage through our open source repositories as if they were diaries? Will they understand who we were from our commit messages and issues? Will our code compile for them? Will they feel anything when Python 47 will complain about deprecated dependencies?
Reposted by Fabrizio Ferri-Benedetti
The four modes of AI-augmented technical writing passo.uno/four-modes-a... by @theletterf.bsky.social
The four modes of AI-augmented technical writing
I like cooking recipes. They’re clean, serene documents where, at some point, one or more utensils enter the stage to perform a task. If you were to write one on how to use AI to augment your work as ...
passo.uno
January 27, 2026 at 9:12 AM
The four modes of AI-augmented technical writing passo.uno/four-modes-a... by @theletterf.bsky.social
XSLT gave some of the best headaches in my life.
January 27, 2026 at 1:17 PM
XSLT gave some of the best headaches in my life.
I feel oddly intact in the middle of a world that is ready to disintegrate you. It's a strange feeling. It's not great.
January 27, 2026 at 9:12 AM
I feel oddly intact in the middle of a world that is ready to disintegrate you. It's a strange feeling. It's not great.
Current feeling.
a man in a pirate hat is standing in a room with a lot of chairs flying around him .
ALT: a man in a pirate hat is standing in a room with a lot of chairs flying around him .
media.tenor.com
January 27, 2026 at 9:10 AM
Current feeling.
Reposted by Fabrizio Ferri-Benedetti
If you maintain a design system, MCP Apps are going to be your 2026 focus: thenewstack.io/anthropic-ex...
Anthropic extends MCP with a UI framework
Anthropic is turning Claude into an app platform, with interactive widgets from Slack, Figma, Asana, and others.
thenewstack.io
January 27, 2026 at 1:07 AM
If you maintain a design system, MCP Apps are going to be your 2026 focus: thenewstack.io/anthropic-ex...
Reposted by Fabrizio Ferri-Benedetti
I needed this for myself. Might be useful to more folks: passo.uno/four-modes-a...
The four modes of AI-augmented technical writing
I like cooking recipes. They’re clean, serene documents where, at some point, one or more utensils enter the stage to perform a task. If you were to write one on how to use AI to augment your work as ...
passo.uno
January 25, 2026 at 2:17 PM
I needed this for myself. Might be useful to more folks: passo.uno/four-modes-a...
Reposted by Fabrizio Ferri-Benedetti
Episode V of Phase One, the podcast on AI and tech writing that Tom Johnson and I co-host. In this episode we discuss our tech comm predictions for this year. Don't miss it! And yeah, that's a Texas Instrument's Speak & Spell on my bookshelf.
passo.uno/episode-v-ph...
passo.uno/episode-v-ph...
Episode V of Phase One: Tech comm predictions for 2026
Fifth episode of the AI & Docs podcast series is up! In this one, Tom and I discuss our predictions for tech comm in 2026, the evolution of writers into automation engineers, the risk of the Reverse C...
passo.uno
January 26, 2026 at 7:57 AM
Episode V of Phase One, the podcast on AI and tech writing that Tom Johnson and I co-host. In this episode we discuss our tech comm predictions for this year. Don't miss it! And yeah, that's a Texas Instrument's Speak & Spell on my bookshelf.
passo.uno/episode-v-ph...
passo.uno/episode-v-ph...
Episode V of Phase One, the podcast on AI and tech writing that Tom Johnson and I co-host. In this episode we discuss our tech comm predictions for this year. Don't miss it! And yeah, that's a Texas Instrument's Speak & Spell on my bookshelf.
passo.uno/episode-v-ph...
passo.uno/episode-v-ph...
Episode V of Phase One: Tech comm predictions for 2026
Fifth episode of the AI & Docs podcast series is up! In this one, Tom and I discuss our predictions for tech comm in 2026, the evolution of writers into automation engineers, the risk of the Reverse C...
passo.uno
January 26, 2026 at 7:57 AM
Episode V of Phase One, the podcast on AI and tech writing that Tom Johnson and I co-host. In this episode we discuss our tech comm predictions for this year. Don't miss it! And yeah, that's a Texas Instrument's Speak & Spell on my bookshelf.
passo.uno/episode-v-ph...
passo.uno/episode-v-ph...
Reposted by Fabrizio Ferri-Benedetti
This annual survey, run by the Write the Docs community, aims to gather data about salaries for people working in documentation and related fields around the world.
The 2025 survey deadline has been extended until the end of January, 2026. Get onto it right away!
The 2025 survey deadline has been extended until the end of January, 2026. Get onto it right away!
Write the Docs Salary Survey
This annual survey, run by the Write the Docs community, aims to gather data about salaries for people working in documentation and related fields around the world. We hope that this data can help…
buff.ly
January 25, 2026 at 6:30 PM
This annual survey, run by the Write the Docs community, aims to gather data about salaries for people working in documentation and related fields around the world.
The 2025 survey deadline has been extended until the end of January, 2026. Get onto it right away!
The 2025 survey deadline has been extended until the end of January, 2026. Get onto it right away!
Reposted by Fabrizio Ferri-Benedetti
A lot of tech discourse just doesn't feel significant right now. But some of it does.
It's about our connection, our community, and our humanity. Writing matters, _reading_ writing matters, and so does owning a place to inform, educate, organize, inspire, and conspire.
(see whole thread)
It's about our connection, our community, and our humanity. Writing matters, _reading_ writing matters, and so does owning a place to inform, educate, organize, inspire, and conspire.
(see whole thread)
What an afterword!
“Today, as we move toward and beyond 2025, we are entering a possible era of AI-generated content. You may ask yourself, why bother? It matters. Your words matter, your knowledge matters, and we must continue to push back against the entropy and bit rot of the internet. (…)”
“Today, as we move toward and beyond 2025, we are entering a possible era of AI-generated content. You may ask yourself, why bother? It matters. Your words matter, your knowledge matters, and we must continue to push back against the entropy and bit rot of the internet. (…)”
January 25, 2026 at 10:17 PM
A lot of tech discourse just doesn't feel significant right now. But some of it does.
It's about our connection, our community, and our humanity. Writing matters, _reading_ writing matters, and so does owning a place to inform, educate, organize, inspire, and conspire.
(see whole thread)
It's about our connection, our community, and our humanity. Writing matters, _reading_ writing matters, and so does owning a place to inform, educate, organize, inspire, and conspire.
(see whole thread)
New podcast with @tomjoht.bsky.social coming soon!
January 25, 2026 at 8:52 PM
New podcast with @tomjoht.bsky.social coming soon!
I needed this for myself. Might be useful to more folks: passo.uno/four-modes-a...
The four modes of AI-augmented technical writing
I like cooking recipes. They’re clean, serene documents where, at some point, one or more utensils enter the stage to perform a task. If you were to write one on how to use AI to augment your work as ...
passo.uno
January 25, 2026 at 2:17 PM
I needed this for myself. Might be useful to more folks: passo.uno/four-modes-a...
This.
Absolutely. And those who are proficient programmers and excellent communicators have a double advantage
January 24, 2026 at 9:45 AM
This.
Every time I read "It isn't just". Thank you, large language models.
a baby in a blue shirt is making a funny face
ALT: a baby in a blue shirt is making a funny face
media.tenor.com
January 24, 2026 at 8:13 AM
Every time I read "It isn't just". Thank you, large language models.
Here's a peculiar obsession of mine: the Caucasus. I've been reading about the history and culture of that region since I was a teenager. I think I was drawn to it due to its status of frontier of empires, or perhaps the languages, or both. Tell me anything about it and you'll see my eyes glowing.
January 23, 2026 at 7:39 PM
Here's a peculiar obsession of mine: the Caucasus. I've been reading about the history and culture of that region since I was a teenager. I think I was drawn to it due to its status of frontier of empires, or perhaps the languages, or both. Tell me anything about it and you'll see my eyes glowing.