Sarah Chieng(@MilksandMatcha):Charles wrote a 100-word blog that hit the front page of Hacker News. Meanwhile, his polished technical deep dive that took days failed to land after 5+ tries. In this [Technical] write and learn, @charles_irl talks through the secrets behind winning attention, → define the goal before you draft → be interesting 90% of the time and sell for 10% → give every piece a “soul” → don’t let the LLM sand off your voice cohosted w/ @swyx + @KernelLabs

Sarah Chieng

@MilksandMatcha

Head of DevX @Cerebras prev. @ExaAiLabs, @MIT wife to @tyler_fong_

Joined March 2022

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Sarah Chieng@MilksandMatcha

2026.08.14 17:50

Charles wrote a 100-word blog that hit the front page of Hacker News. Meanwhile, his polished technical deep dive that took days failed to land after 5+ tries. In this [Technical] write and learn, @charles_irl talks through the secrets behind winning attention, → define the goal before you draft → be interesting 90% of the time and sell for 10% → give every piece a “soul” → don’t let the LLM sand off your voice cohosted w/ @swyx + @KernelLabs_ai