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I absolutely love Julia Evan's writing. I find her articles / zines to cover interesting and useful technical topics while remaining _extremely_ accessible to me (especially when I was a student)! I really admire her ability to present technical topics in plain language.

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I fully agree. Even on topics I feel I know well, she's 1) shown me something I didn't know, and 2) shown me how a "newbie" could see the topic, making it easier for me to help teach/mentor someone else.

It's pretty interesting how one can make a subject look accessible. Often the main factor for ignorance is ceremony.

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