Welcome to the Words & Tech Blog
Hello, and welcome. My name is Haletha — a technical writer who has been translating complex technology into clear, useful content since the mid-1990s.
After years of maintaining my Words & Tech blog at Wordpress, I’m moving it here to haletha.com, where it belongs. Everything in one place, under one roof.
What this blog is about
I write about technical writing craft, API documentation, working with engineers, and the practical realities of doing this work at a high level. Lately that means a lot of writing about AI — not in a hype-driven way, but in a “here’s what actually works and what doesn’t” way.
My background spans end-user documentation, developer documentation, API reference docs, content strategy, and more recently, automation and AI-assisted workflows. I’ve worked across industries, managed complex documentation projects simultaneously, and spent a career learning to speak to both developer and non-technical audiences without losing either one.
If you work at the intersection of language and technology — as a technical writer, developer advocate, content strategist, or engineer who ends up writing your own docs — there will be something here for you.
Already published
If you’re new here, start with these:
- Why AI APIs Are the Hardest Things to Document
- What Is Docs-as-Code — And Does Your Team Actually Need It?
- The Technical Writer’s Survival Guide to Working with Engineers
More on the way. Thanks for being here.