More technical material for the blog? Merge the newsletter?

[Mike Parker via Digitalmars-d]

On Sunday, 20 November 2016 at 11:21:55 UTC, Joakim wrote:
> Mike Parker has done a fantastic job with the D blog: I really 
> like the unique direction he's taken, focusing on D users and 
> their first-hand experiences.

Thanks! And thanks for writing this post.


> We're missing these tech posts on the D blog

I put out a call here for more technical oriented articles a 
couple of weeks ago. It did generate a bit of response, but it's 
all of the 'when I have time' variety, which I fully understand. 
For someone who is not a writer, such posts require a not 
insignificant chunk of time from the normal routine.

>
> I know why this doesn't happen: these articles take more time 
> and effort than a couple hours answering questions over email.  
> But for major selling points of D, it needs to be done.  
> Ideally, the article would be written by the technical author, 
> as they know the code best, but it doesn't have to be.

For what it's worth, Walter and Andrei have each committed to a 
post for some point in the near future. I expect to have them 
published before the end of the year. I've also tentatively got a 
couple of compiler-related posts from a couple of others in the 
pipeline, but I can't guarantee when they will get to me.

And, for anyone reading this, it's not just article proposals I'm 
after. Suggestions pointing me to potential articles are just as 
good. I can find projects and companies using D just fine, so I 
don't need help there. What I need is for people who notice some 
technically interesting use of D to solve a challenge to contact 
me and let me know who to approach about a potential post. The 
'find' post came because Andrei linked me up with Andreas. The 
'@trusted' article happened because Steven was already planning a 
post on the topic for his own blog when I contacted him. The 
regex post came because I remembered Dmitry posting in the forums 
about some big performance gains back in May.

I'm sure I can find material if I look hard enough, but it's time 
consuming. In complete sympathy with those who have delayed their 
contributions to the blog, I don't have that kind of time right 
now. Help is always appreciated.