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From: David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no>
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On 24/10/2024 08:55, Anton Ertl wrote:
> Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> writes:
>> Terje Mathisen <terje.mathisen@tmsw.no> writes:
>>> Probably not a book but I would consider writing a series of blog
>>> posts similar to that, now that I am about to retire:
>>
>> You could try writing one blog post a month on the subject.  By
>> this time next year you will have plenty of material and be well
>> on your way to putting a book together.  (First drafts are always
>> the hardest part...)
> 
> One thing I have thought of is a wiki of optimization techniques that
> contains descriptions of the techniques and case studies, but I have
> not yet implemented this idea.
> 

Would it make sense to start something under Wikibooks on Wikipedia?  I 
have no experience with it myself, but it looks to me like a way to have 
a collaborative collection of related knowledge.  It could provide the 
structure and framework, saving you (plural) from having to set up a 
wiki, blog, or whatever.