Hacker Newsnew | past | comments | ask | show | jobs | submitlogin

Stripe seems to hire an unusual amount of really talented engineers who are also really good at explanatory writing. (Though this may just be an availability bias thing for me.)

Fowler is one. Julia Evans is another that comes to mind.

I wouldn't be surprised if they had amazing internal documentation for their engineers.



They have amazing external documentation. It was so good I [blogged about it](https://dev.clintonblackburn.com/2015/07/24/good-documentati...)! I have never had an easier experience integrating with a payment processor.


Their recent guide on incorporation and taxes for startups was the simplest take on legalese I'd seen


Etsy is another company with extraordinarily talented writers. Their engineering blog "CodeAsCraft"[0] is superb and I invariably learn something everytime I read it.

[0] https://codeascraft.com/




Guidelines | FAQ | Lists | API | Security | Legal | Apply to YC | Contact

Search: