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Milica Maksimovic

@mmaksimovic.bsky.social
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Co-founder literally.dev Techy and nerdy A dog person, sorry cats 🏳️‍🌈🐶

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Milica Maksimovic @mmaksimovic.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
Please, don't create PRs about features you haven't discussed with the core team 🙏 nodejs.org/en/blog/anno...
nodejs.org
Node.js — New HackerOne Signal Requirement for Vulnerability Reports
Node.js® is a free, open-source, cross-platform JavaScript runtime environment that lets developers create servers, web apps, command line tools and scripts.
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Milica Maksimovic @mmaksimovic.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
Sloppy contributions waste hours of time of people who are trying to keep open-source moving forward. - Mitchell Hashimoto locked Zig - tldraw followed - curl as well - Node.js is the latest, Matteo Collina was sick and tired as well
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Milica Maksimovic @mmaksimovic.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
Why? Well, AI can produce slop, and unsupervised AI creates even more slop. But people who aren't experienced enough simply believe that what they've done is amazing, and they create those PRs fast without thinking twice about what they're doing.
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Milica Maksimovic @mmaksimovic.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
I've talked to a developer recently who said that they are already thinking about not allowing anyone to simply submit a PR to their fresh open-source project.
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Milica Maksimovic @mmaksimovic.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
Let's talk a bit about how the use of AI in open-source is hurting the open-source devs and why Node.js just shot down their HackerOne project.
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Milica Maksimovic @mmaksimovic.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
I hope people in this business get inspired on how to approach this issue since some consultants are selling outright snake oil. Also, I was on a podcast that tackles this topic, here's the link to that as well. www.reo.dev/devgtm-ecosy...
reo.dev
How to Nurture and Grow Your Developer Community
Learn how to build and scale a healthy developer community. Practical lessons on engagement, moderation, platforms, and metrics for DevTools and OSS teams.
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Milica Maksimovic @mmaksimovic.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
I had some amazing chats these past few weeks, and these inspired me to write up a post on how to build and grow a developer community. Let's just say that the ones who have been doing this for a long time have seen things. www.literally.dev/resources/ho...
literally.dev
How to Build and Grow a Developer Community
This guide explains why most developer communities on Discord die and how to build one that actually works.
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Milica Maksimovic @mmaksimovic.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
It contains interactive charts and should help you understand what you need to monitor when it comes to content on your website. www.literally.dev/resources/me...
literally.dev
Developer Content Marketing Metrics & Interactive Charts
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Milica Maksimovic @mmaksimovic.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
Talking about developer marketing metrics is easy but building those charts isn't. This is why I've written another in-depth post about content marketing metrics that make sense when you're targeting developers 😃
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Milica Maksimovic @mmaksimovic.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
I think having a clearly outlined strategy with measurable goals is the way to succeed. Impressions on social media can steer you away in the wrong direction, you need to focus on improving numbers you aren't happy with.
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Milica Maksimovic @mmaksimovic.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
What indicates growth? What moves the needle for a fast-paced startup? Is it attention someone's getting on social media, or is it their capacity to funnel that attention to awareness about what they do?
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Milica Maksimovic @mmaksimovic.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
www.literally.dev/resources/d...
literally.dev
Dirty Pirate Metrics Guide for Tech Founders and Open Source Developers
Learn the basics of Dirty Pirate Metrics, a practical framework for tracking growth and success of open-source tools beyond SaaS vanity metrics.
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Milica Maksimovic @mmaksimovic.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
Retention, Revenue, Referral, Team: do they keep using the tool, support you, spread the word, and even want to contribute? Instead of chasing vanity metrics, you get a system that shows where devs are dropping off and what’s actually moving the needle.
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Milica Maksimovic @mmaksimovic.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
Foundation & scaling: can your tool even handle real usage? Attention, Awareness, Activation, Aha! : do devs notice, understand, try your tool, and actually get value out of it?
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Milica Maksimovic @mmaksimovic.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
If you've heard about Pirate Metrics (AARRR), you'll want to upgrade to Dirty Pirate Metrics (FAAAAARRRT) 🌬️ It sounds ridiculous, but this is how I got millions of website visitors:
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Milica Maksimovic @mmaksimovic.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
Most devtool founders track “growth” with GitHub stars and social media likes, because vanity metrics make them feel good. However, this isn't how you should approach measuring your success and growth.
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Milica Maksimovic @mmaksimovic.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
If you want to sell to developers: - Make it easy for developers to make the buying decision on their own, - Your documentation needs to be spot on! - Don't force people on calls, - Don't ask them to show you their credit card instantly. Just get out of their way.
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Milica Maksimovic @mmaksimovic.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
I am now on a mission to write about as many recipes as I can, if we don't share and learn from each other, we're all falling behind. This week is for Pirate Metrics, with a new angle for every developer and open-source maintainer to evaluate how their tools are really doing.
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Milica Maksimovic @mmaksimovic.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
Developers often share their cookbooks and recipes with others, asking for feedback. Marketers also have their cookbooks, but they tend to hide them from others out of fear. I found that fear to be irrational.
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Milica Maksimovic @mmaksimovic.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
Your AI-generated content will be the end of your thought leadership.
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Milica Maksimovic @mmaksimovic.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
How many of you are using Pirate Metrics or want to implement them? Moreover, how many are interested in monitoring those with easy to use tools like PostHog? I am working on sth, and you may want to hear about it before I make it publicly available👂
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Milica Maksimovic @mmaksimovic.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
www.literally.dev/resources/t...
literally.dev
Trust Technical Writers, Not LLMs
Good documentation drives adoption, unsupervised LLMs create poor docs that cause churn. Skilled technical writers make the difference.
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Milica Maksimovic @mmaksimovic.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
I have worked in devtool companies for a decade. I’ve watched how teams build and ship products with accompanying documentation. There has been a time when we trusted our coworkers and collaborators, now we tend to trust LLMs more.
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Milica Maksimovic @mmaksimovic.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
Clear and concise messaging is key to selling to devs. - Don’t force people into a funnel - Don’t make devs jump through hoops to try your product - Answer common questions with a simple FAQ page If you get this right, you don’t need to “convince” developers to use you. They’ll convince themselves
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Milica Maksimovic @mmaksimovic.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
Do most people do weird stuff when testing new image generation tools? I have given nano banana a ton of pictures from the zoo and asked it to put us all in a metal band.
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Milica Maksimovic @mmaksimovic.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
The next time someone tells me GPT tools will eliminate content strategists and creators, I'll just show them this.
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Milica Maksimovic @mmaksimovic.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
www.literally.dev/resources/h...
literally.dev
How to Find the Right Developer Audience for Your Product
Learn how to target the right developers, avoid generic content, and create technical posts that attract potential users.
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Milica Maksimovic @mmaksimovic.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
If you are struggling with figuring out which developers to target, this post should get you going in the right direction. I talked to a few marketers and a couple of fresh founders who struggled with finding the right audience for their product, and they inspired me to write.
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Milica Maksimovic @mmaksimovic.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
AI-first companies rely on Literally.dev to create and manage their docs. They have all the tools to generate their docs, yet, they rely on us. Usage of LLMs in the docs, with no humans to monitor the process, leads to difficulties in onboarding developers. Don't make this mistake.
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Milica Maksimovic @mmaksimovic.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
Here's the job ad if you're interested literally.homerun.co/technical-w...
literally.homerun.co
Technical Writer - Literally
We're looking for a freelance Technical Writer to join forces with our agency and deliver amazing content for our clients.
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Milica Maksimovic @mmaksimovic.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
- 2 pages for a resume is enough, I've seen 5 pages resumes, and no, it doesn't showcase what you've done, it shows that you can't communicate clearly. - If the role is in tech, focus on that aspect of your work, not your latest gig in sales. Thank you for coming to my TED talk.
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Milica Maksimovic @mmaksimovic.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
- "Call me to find out" is also not a good response. - Asking any GPT tool to write a response for you will make you sound exactly like all the others doing so. Also, we'll instantly decline you. - Don't put other people's LinkedIn profiles instead of yours.
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Milica Maksimovic @mmaksimovic.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
I have reviewed ~150 applications to our Freelance Technical Writer job post in the past few days. Some tips for applicants: - If the application requires you to answer 3 simple questions, answer them. Don't put random symbols or say "look at my resume".
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Milica Maksimovic @mmaksimovic.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
- Not just one bullet point - We're talking - Tens - Of - Bulletpoints - Or even worse - Bullet points with sentences that have multiple em dashes. If you have nothing smart to add to the discussion, don't try to lead it with AI. It makes me trust you even less.
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Milica Maksimovic @mmaksimovic.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
We think we can spot AI slop, but the truth is that we can never be really 100% sure. When the content is good, and I mean really good, only subtle formatting can give it away. And then again, there are people whose writing has turned into bullet points.
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Milica Maksimovic @mmaksimovic.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
Find out what is unlocking your growth, and optimize those channels. AI can't do your job, but I admit, it's just easier to talk to an agent than it is to a real human on the other side of the screen.
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Milica Maksimovic @mmaksimovic.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
The more you rely on AI agents, the further the rabbit hole. Please get your head out of the sand, schedule calls with your users, and talk to them. What are their pain points, how did they first hear about you, what do they like/dislike, which competitors they compared you to?
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Milica Maksimovic @mmaksimovic.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
AI agents can't identify which messaging worked for your competitors, what landing page did great, which users they're onboarding, and how you should position yourself. AI can tell you at best which keywords they are focussing on, and what they are experimenting with.
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Milica Maksimovic @mmaksimovic.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
This is of course a joke, but it just shows how important it is to have people with different skillsets pushing the same company together.
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Milica Maksimovic @mmaksimovic.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
Your website should be optimized for a perfect chain reaction. Clear messaging Understandable pricing Smooth conversions When content is generated by AI, you're also triggering a chain reaction. Confused users Poor conversion rates Loads of support requests
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Milica Maksimovic @mmaksimovic.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
I like taking risks. I share my marketing posts on HackerNews.
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Milica Maksimovic @mmaksimovic.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
Here's the full link to the post: www.literally.dev/resources/d...
literally.dev
Developers Don’t Want to Talk to Your Sales Team
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Milica Maksimovic @mmaksimovic.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
This post is a bit opinionated, but after working in a company that was profitable and had 0 sales people, I think I know what I'm talking about. Developers don't enjoy sales calls unless they had the chance to test the tool themselves.
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Milica Maksimovic @mmaksimovic.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
There is a lot of AI junk online. We all know it, we all see it. Literally.dev is on a mission to help tech founders get the right type of content creators whose words will resonate with their users. Developers enjoy content created by other engineers.
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Milica Maksimovic @mmaksimovic.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
If you need help in this department, look at Literally.com We'll guide you through this process, and you'll have a much better idea on why users choose you, and what you should improve in your onboarding pipeline.
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Milica Maksimovic @mmaksimovic.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
Don't be obsessed with your competition. Don't blindly copy their approach, style of content, or messaging. They did their own research and figured out what works for them, you should go and figure out what works for you. How? JTBD methodology is built for cases like those 🤓
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Milica Maksimovic @mmaksimovic.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
I used to complain about having too many calls per day. This is what an average day for me now looks like. Living that co-founder life. 😅
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Milica Maksimovic @mmaksimovic.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
Why are blog posts important and why you should produce high-quality content for developers? Because engineers don't learn from books anymore. The speed of development is beyond what any publishing company could catch up with.
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Milica Maksimovic @mmaksimovic.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
Everyone keeps saying how LLMs are getting better, but my experience says that they fail to even summarize meeting notes properly.
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Milica Maksimovic @mmaksimovic.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
Developers don't notice any red flags, and enjoy the content. This is just one of the things I do for dev companies, make sure to check out www.literally.dev/ for all the details.
literally.dev
Literally - Expert Technical Documentation & Content
We help tech companies distill their expertise into clear documentation and engaging content. Accelerate onboarding, adoption, and growth with Literally.
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