Personal docs

Tom Belskie

Technical writing, developer documentation, product language, and notes from the small software experiments I build on the side.

Current shape: A docs-style portfolio for showing how I think, write, build, and explain software.

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Selected technical writing and developer documentation work with context.

Small software experiments, starting with Dot Primer, a tiny focus ritual with real users.

A blog for notes on writing, docs, software, side projects, golf, and the occasional useful rabbit hole.

The human version: where the writing, product curiosity, and side-founder energy come from.

Make complexity legible. The reader should know where they are, what matters, and what to do next.

Treat docs like product surface. Documentation is part of the user experience, not a warehouse for facts.

Build small things to stay honest. Side projects keep product judgment close to real constraints.

Writing sucks. It’s painful, uncomfortable, and lonely. It’s a brutal teacher, urging you to bring all your …

Hello World! This is my first post on my Hugo-powered portfolio site Terminal. They said it couldn’t be done, but …