https://djw.fyi/tags/user-advocacy/ Recent content in User Advocacy on Daryl J. White Hugo -- 0.154.5 en-us Wed, 28 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://djw.fyi/posts/tech-writer-as-qa/ Wed, 28 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://djw.fyi/posts/tech-writer-as-qa/ <figure> <img loading="lazy" src="https://djw.fyi/pexels-olia-danilevich-4974912.jpg" alt="A person types on one laptop with a screen of code displayed. A second laptop is positioned to their right with other programs running."/> <figcaption> <p>Photo by <a href="https://www.pexels.com/@olia-danilevich/">olia danilevich</a> on <a href="https://www.pexels.com/photo/person-coding-on-a-macbook-pro-4974912/">Pexels</a>.</p> </figcaption> </figure> <p>There is a persistent myth that technical writers sit around waiting for a developer to &ldquo;finish&rdquo; a feature so we can write the documentation. In this version of reality, we are the stenographers of the software world, recording what happened after the dust has settled.</p>