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Fabrizio Ferri-Benedetti

@theletterf.bsky.social

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Docs engineer. Tech writer. Collector of old manuals. Retrocomputing enthusiast. Opinions my own, etc. Don't panic! My blog is https://passo.uno

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Fabrizio Ferri-Benedetti @theletterf.bsky.social · 2d

New post: Why I built an MCP server to check my docs (and what It taught me)

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Fabrizio Ferri-Benedetti @theletterf.bsky.social · 12h

Changed the battery of my Lenovo X1 Carbon G6. Great Linux laptop, if you ask me.

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The Not-Boring Tech Writer @thenotboringtechwriter.com · 1d

Fabrizio Ferri-Benedetti's (@theletterf.bsky.social) "dynamic seniority" concept:

Growth isn't continuous—it's a ladder. It's natural to alternate between stable periods (maintaining skills and recharging) and sudden climbs (capabilities leap forward).

Listen to S3:E20 to hear more from Fabri!

Quote image with beige diagonal striped background. Text reads: "Professional growth isn't a steady climb—it's a ladder. You need periods of stability to recharge, then sudden leaps where your skills jump to the next level." Attribution shows Fabrizio Ferri-Benedetti's concept of "dynamic seniority" with "Read more at passo.uno." A blue and navy ladder graphic on the right shows alternating "Stability" (blue horizontal platforms) and "Growth" (brown dashed vertical lines) sections, extending beyond the frame. Bottom shows "From S3:E20 of The Not-Boring Tech Writer.”

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Fabrizio Ferri-Benedetti @theletterf.bsky.social · 1d

Welp, I'm doomed. Just bought this.

Fabrizio Ferri-Benedetti @theletterf.bsky.social · 1d

I'm sort of tempted to spend that money for educational purposes. github.com/karpathy/nan...

"This repo is a full-stack implementation of an LLM like ChatGPT in a single, clean, minimal, hackable, dependency-lite codebase."

GitHub - karpathy/nanochat: The best ChatGPT that $100 can buy.

The best ChatGPT that $100 can buy. Contribute to karpathy/nanochat development by creating an account on GitHub.

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Fabrizio Ferri-Benedetti @theletterf.bsky.social · 1d

The t-shirt has arrived. Excellent!

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Fabrizio Ferri-Benedetti @theletterf.bsky.social · 1d

a man in a tuxedo and bow tie is being attacked by a group of men in suits .

ALT: a man in a tuxedo and bow tie is being attacked by a group of men in suits .

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matthew @pahuski.com · 2d

Happy Columbo’s Day

Screenshot from Columbo. He his talking to his dog, which is sitting is the drivers seat of a car. “Okay, I’m gonna put you in charge. You take care of the car. You’re a responsible dog. When I get back, if the car’s okay, I’ll give you another cookie.”

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Fabrizio Ferri-Benedetti @theletterf.bsky.social · 2d

New post: Why I built an MCP server to check my docs (and what It taught me)

passo.uno/mcp-server-d...

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Fabrizio Ferri-Benedetti @theletterf.bsky.social · 2d

New post: Why I built an MCP server to check my docs (and what It taught me)

passo.uno/mcp-server-d...

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Fabrizio Ferri-Benedetti @theletterf.bsky.social · 2d

On October 27, I'll present at Write the Docs Berlin 2025. As a teaser, here's one slide from my deck. What do we say to the death of docs?

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Fabrizio Ferri-Benedetti @theletterf.bsky.social · 2d

—Claude.
—Yes?
—Remix me.

Fabrizio Ferri-Benedetti @theletterf.bsky.social · 2d

Do docs like Stripe.

🏰meg⚔️ @Birthright Audiobook! @impavid.us · 5d

In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand

I'll go first: Six page commercial lease.

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Dysmorphia @dys-morphia.bsky.social · 2d

Backdate the release note

🏰meg⚔️ @Birthright Audiobook! @impavid.us · 5d

In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand

I'll go first: Six page commercial lease.

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Fabrizio Ferri-Benedetti @theletterf.bsky.social · 2d

Docs toolchains usually resemble Ork spaceships from Warhammer 40k, functioning through sheer willpower. Except DITA, which is like an intricate Imperium ship that nobody really knows how to steer.

Source: https://www.reddit.com/r/Warhammer40k/comments/ntodd0/the_mighty_bismork_fully_manned_and_painted_up/

Fabrizio Ferri-Benedetti @theletterf.bsky.social · 3d

Working like a charm in Claude Code, Gemini CLI, and GitHub Copilot. Proof:

Fabrizio Ferri-Benedetti @theletterf.bsky.social · 3d

This has been quite helpful to demystify MCP and learn about a simple STDIO server works and is added to agents. Since it relies on Vale for pretty much everything, it should work with your existing hashtag#Vale configs.

Fabrizio Ferri-Benedetti @theletterf.bsky.social · 3d

I've published my experimental Vale MCP Server on GitHub (link in the comments). It's free for you to use, fork, or experiment with. I've tested it with Claude Code, Gemini CLI, and GitHub Copilot in VS Code.

github.com/theletterf/v...

GitHub - theletterf/vale-mcp-server: MCP server for the Vale linter

MCP server for the Vale linter. Contribute to theletterf/vale-mcp-server development by creating an account on GitHub.

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Fabrizio Ferri-Benedetti @theletterf.bsky.social · 3d

I might not get MCP yet, but the fact that, in order to expose it to LLMs you've to use slightly different commands and configuration snippets is frustrating.

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Simon Willison @simonwillison.net · 3d

Claude Code tip: prompt "use sub-agents" and it will do exactly that, firing up multiple parallel sub-agents to achieve a task, each with a fresh context

"Write markdown documentation for the context passed to each of the templates in this project. Use sub-agents." simonwillison.net/2025/Oct/11/...

⏺ I'll help you write markdown documentation for the context passed to each template in this project. Let me start by exploring the codebase to understand the template structure and then use sub-agents to document them comprehensively.

⏺ Search(pattern: "**/*.html")
⎿ Found 47 files (ctrl+o to expand)

⏺ Search(pattern: "render.*template|render_template")
⎿ Found 16 files (ctrl+o to expand)

[...]

⏺ Now let me launch sub-agents to analyze different template contexts in parallel:

⏺ Task(Document index template context)
⎿ Done (12 tool uses · 86.4k tokens · 1m 13s)

⏺ Task(Document database template context)
⎿ Done (15 tool uses · 55.4k tokens · 1m 41s)

⏺ Task(Document table template context)
⎿ Done (14 tool uses · 85.2k tokens · 1m 44s)

⏺ Task(Document query/row template contexts)
⎿ Done (17 tool uses · 78.7k tokens · 1m 55s)

⏺ Task(Document special template contexts)
⎿ Done (26 tool uses · 116.1k tokens · 1m 50s)

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Fabrizio Ferri-Benedetti @theletterf.bsky.social · 4d

Creating a Vale MCP server so that LLMs can check style issues. It's working. Quite instructional!

Fabrizio Ferri-Benedetti @theletterf.bsky.social · 4d

I was without a personal laptop, so I ended up buying a UNIX one. Now I only need an appropriate sticker, like an SGI or Sun logo.

Fabrizio Ferri-Benedetti @theletterf.bsky.social · 5d

The amount of context switching I do every day...

a man in a spider man costume is making a funny face .

ALT: a man in a spider man costume is making a funny face .

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The Not-Boring Tech Writer @thenotboringtechwriter.com · 6d

Technical writers are shapeshifters—we adapt to whatever the situation demands.

Listen to our latest episode with Fabrizio Ferri-Benedetti (@theletterf.bsky.social) on strategic thinking, his Seven-Action Documentation model, and growing as a tech writer in the AI era.

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sjvn @sjvn.bsky.social · 9d

My favorite new initialism: AI;DR I'll be using this a lot from here on out.

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Marcus Olsson @marcusolsson.dev · Nov 20

Worst thing that's come out of generative AI?

All the utterly undeserved dunks on em and en dashes.

This is why we can't have nice things.

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