Part 3. Applying blog post patterns

Part 2 took a broad, systematic look at how to write a captivating blog post. But just like different programming languages have different conventions, so do different types of blog posts. A captivating bug hunt article will vary dramatically from an opinion piece roasting a highly hyped technology, or an article that shares how a team implemented an industry-changing algorithm. Part 3 involves in-depth analysis of these and other blog post “patterns” exploring real-world examples, characteristics, and dos and don’ts for each:

Chapter 8 analyzes “Bug Hunt” blog posts that share the thrill of finding and fixing some elusive bug.
Chapter 9 analyzes “Rewrote It in X” blog posts that are all about rewriting an app in a new programming language, library, or framework.
Chapter 10 analyzes “How We Built It” blog posts that share your most impressive engineering achievements.
Chapter 11 analyzes “Lessons Learned” blog posts that share lessons learned from technical challenges.
Chapter 12 analyzes “Thoughts on Trends” blog posts that are highly opinionated takes on industry trends.
Chapter 13 analyzes “Non-markety Product Perspectives” blog posts where the product is embedded into a genuinely intriguing and educational article.
Chapter 14 analyzes “Benchmarks and Test Results” blog posts that share various flavors of benchmarks and tests.