Garry Tan on Engineering

One reason to be a designer who codes is that you can make better things. How? I remember one time working as an interaction designer, my assigned software engineer lied to me saying a given database index couldnt be created. I called him on it. It happens all the damn time.

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Opens with a question, so the reader starts answering before they have decided to read.
Follows a clear Hook → Context → Landing shape, so the reader always knows where they are.
Ends on a short line that is easy to quote and repeat.
Written from experience rather than as advice, which is harder to argue with.
Short enough to read in full without expanding, which removes a step before the point lands.
Short sentences keep the pace up, so the reader never has to re-read a line.

The mechanics

Hook: Opens with a question
Structure: Hook → Context → Landing
Style: Conversational paragraphs at a steady pace.
Tone: personal, blunt, punchy
Written for: Engineers and technical teams

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