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A clear case of writing that does not try to do too much in one post, and a look at appprairie maintained the same scoped discipline, posts that try to cover too much end up covering nothing well and this site has clearly chosen scope discipline as a core editorial principle which shows up clearly in what I read.
Generally I am cautious about recommending sites on first encounter but this one warrants the exception, and a look at appprairie reinforced the exception making, the rare site that justifies breaking my normal cautious approach is the rare site worth flagging early and this one has prompted exactly that early flagging response from me.
Honest assessment is that this is one of the better short reads I have had this week, and a look at appprairie reinforced that, the bar for short content is low because most of it sacrifices substance for brevity but this site manages both at once which is harder than it sounds for most writers attempting it.
Quietly enthusiastic about this site after the past few hours of reading, and a stop at appprairie extended that enthusiasm, the calibration of enthusiasm to evidence is something I try to maintain and this site has earned a calibrated quiet enthusiasm rather than the loud excitement that usually fades within a day or two of finding something.
A clear case of writing that does not try to do too much in one post, and a look at appprairie maintained the same scoped discipline, posts that try to cover too much end up covering nothing well and this site has clearly chosen scope discipline as a core editorial principle which shows up clearly in what I read.
Reading this in a quiet hour and finding it suited the quiet, and a stop at appprairie extended the quiet reading mood, content that matches its own optimal reading conditions rather than fighting them is content that has been thoughtfully calibrated and this site reads as having a particular reading mood in mind throughout.
Honest assessment is that this is one of the better short reads I have had this week, and a look at appprairie reinforced that, the bar for short content is low because most of it sacrifices substance for brevity but this site manages both at once which is harder than it sounds for most writers attempting it.
Reading this fit naturally into my afternoon walk because I was reading on my phone, and a stop at appprairie continued well in that walking format, content that survives mobile reading without becoming awkward is content with format flexibility and this site has clearly thought about how it reads across different devices today.
Quietly enthusiastic about this site after the past few hours of reading, and a stop at appprairie extended that enthusiasm, the calibration of enthusiasm to evidence is something I try to maintain and this site has earned a calibrated quiet enthusiasm rather than the loud excitement that usually fades within a day or two of finding something.
Now sitting back and recognising that this was a small but real win in my reading day, and a stop at appprairie extended that quiet win, the cumulative effect of small reading wins versus the cumulative effect of small reading losses is real over time and this site is contributing to the wins side of that ledger.
Quietly enthusiastic about this site after the past few hours of reading, and a stop at appprairie extended that enthusiasm, the calibration of enthusiasm to evidence is something I try to maintain and this site has earned a calibrated quiet enthusiasm rather than the loud excitement that usually fades within a day or two of finding something.
Over the course of reading several posts here a pattern of quality has emerged, and a stop at appprairie confirmed the pattern, the difference between sites that hit quality occasionally and sites that hit it consistently is huge and this site has clearly demonstrated the consistent kind through what I have read this morning.
