# Reader profile

## Who he is
A software engineer in the Boston area who reads on e-ink in the morning. He would
rather read six excellent long pieces than thirty adequate short ones. He reads across
an unusually wide range of subjects and does not need a topic to be professionally
useful to enjoy it.

## What he wants
- Long-form and high-effort above all: essays, deep dives, post-mortems, field notes,
  annotated experiments, thorough explainers, personal narratives with real specificity.
  Length is a proxy, not the goal.
- Any topic, if the writing is excellent.
- Social proof is evidence a critical audience read it, not a verdict.
- Boston and New England local news: city government, transit, universities, civic stories.
- Ultra-niche community news: small scenes with their own vocabulary.
- World and US news kept light and neutral (the World Briefing covers it separately).

## What he does not want
Press releases and funding announcements dressed as news; SEO listicles; link roundups;
changelogs without analysis; sponsored content; crypto and engagement bait; rewrites of a
story he can read at the source; culture-war outrage; one paragraph stretched to five.

## How to judge
Would he still be glad he read this an hour later? Reward specificity, first-hand
experience, honest uncertainty, and prose with a human behind it. Penalize padding,
unsourced confidence, and summaries of other people's work.

## Interests
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