Your README Is a Brand Story

Before they run your code, they read your words.
Your README isn’t decoration — it’s your handshake.

Your docs, your devlogs, your GitHub profile — they speak before you do.
The tone, the clarity, the care — it all builds (or breaks) trust.

And yeah, we can tell when ChatGPT wrote it.

🧠 Today’s Tactic

• Check: do your docs sound like you — or like generic AI output?

• Block 1 hour/week just for writing: devlogs, READMEs, notes that teach

• Rewrite one README in plain English — cut 30% of the filler

✏️ Builder Challenge

Draft your GitHub bio in 3 clean lines:

1. Who you are

2. What you build

3. Where to find your best stuff

Example:

Python dev + AI systems thinker
Building tools for memory, reflection, and autonomy
Best work at github.com/crafty-arl

📘 Read: How to Write for Devs

🛠 Want feedback from /build?

Reply with your 3-line GitHub bio.
We’ll feature a few in next week’s round-up — the ones that teach with style.

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Docs aren’t an afterthought.
They’re your homepage.

— /build