--- title: Writing For Me | daily.dev description: A veteran developer reflects on how his own blog posts over the years have unintentionally become personal principles he feels bound to follow, from preferring... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/writing-for-me-5vo4sjz2b twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Writing For Me | daily.dev og:description: A veteran developer reflects on how his own blog posts over the years have unintentionally become personal principles he feels bound to follow, from preferring... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/writing-for-me-5vo4sjz2b og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/5vo4sjZ2b.png og:image:alt: Writing For Me og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Writing For Me **[Square](https://daily.dev/sources/publicobject)** · 1 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A veteran developer reflects on how his own blog posts over the years have unintentionally become personal principles he feels bound to follow, from preferring strict APIs to writing tests despite the annoyance, to a now-cringeworthy old post arguing Android engineers should rebrand as Mobile Engineers. 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