This post makes me discover "zines". This is an efficient way to share some knowledge on a tool like strace [https://jvns.ca/debugging-zine.pdf]. Having this applied to academic papers and ideas is really a cute idea.
These have been popular for a long time in various alt/underground/subculture communities either for disseminating news/information or publishing literature and other printable media in a low-budget way (eg. interviews with artists, a "how not to starve on tour" guide for punk bands, etc). Interesting and slightly jarring to see them used in a "high tech" context.