Writing & Technical Review

Technical writing and review that respects both the technology and the reader

Great technology deserves great documentation. Whether you're explaining your architecture to new team members, presenting to investors, or publishing thought leadership content, the ability to communicate technical concepts clearly makes the difference between confusion and understanding.

I bridge the gap between complex systems and the people who need to understand them: developers, executives, end users, and everyone in between. With 25+ years of hands-on technical experience, I write from genuine understanding rather than surface-level familiarity.

My work spans the full spectrum from API documentation to strategic whitepapers, from internal runbooks to published articles and books. I focus on accuracy, clarity, and purpose. Every piece of content should serve a clear goal and reach its intended audience effectively.

Recent Work

Recent technical reviews for No Starch Press include The Complete Developer by Martin Krause. Other titles and clients available on request.

I work with technology publishers, indie tech authors, and engineering organizations producing internal documentation, public technical content, developer-facing materials, and the occasional white paper that has to actually convince a technical buyer.

Voice

I write the way I talk. If you've read the rest of this site, you have a sample.

If you want polished marketing prose with three buzzwords per sentence, I'm not your writer. If you want documentation a senior engineer would respect and a junior engineer can actually use, I am.

What I Won't Write

In the spirit of honesty up front:

  • Marketing fluff dressed as documentation.
  • AI-generated thought leadership you want a real name on. (I'll happily help you edit your own AI draft into something honest, but I won't ghostwrite as the AI.)
  • Content where you want me to skip technical accuracy in favor of a marketing claim.
  • Documentation for products I haven't been allowed to actually use or read the source of. I can't credibly review what I haven't seen.

Services Offered

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Technical Documentation

System docs, API references, and Architecture Decision Records that future engineers will thank you for

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Developer Experience Materials

Getting-started guides, runbooks, and internal wikis written for the new hire reading them at 9am on day one

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Technical Review

Honest review of existing documentation, books, white papers, and proposals, for accuracy, clarity, and what's missing

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Book & Long-Form Content

Technical reviews and contributions for No Starch and other publishers, plus authoring or co-authoring when the project's right

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RFP & Proposal Writing

Technical proposals and RFP responses that actually answer what was asked, in language a buyer can act on

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Editing & Refinement

Editing for clarity, accuracy, and impact, with a willingness to push back when something doesn't hold up

What Clients Say

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