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Jan 2025
31m 45s

Blogging for Developers with Mark Downie

SCOTT HANSELMAN
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Mark Downie has been blogging about technical topics for years, and also is the primary maintainer of the DasBlog-Core blogging engine. He talks with Scott about writing technical blogs that get read. Why does one blog and in this time of walled gardens, why is it more important than ever? 

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