r/technicalwriting

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Technical Writing

For people who take the unbelievably complicated things that scientists and engineers devise and make it understandable for non-technical people.

Members

35,847

as of February 2025

Last post

Unknown

Posts (30 days)

100+

Created

2012

November 21, 2012

Total posts

14.4K

archived

Total comments

129.0K

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r/technicalwriting was created on November 21, 2012.

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