Peter Villani
Technical Writer & Content Marketer
Former Software Engineer turned Technical Writer and Content Marketer. I collaborate with executives, engineers, product, business, and other stakeholders to create technical and marketing content.
CLIENTS / PUBLICATIONS
Algolia | BNP | Reuters | High Scalability | Netlify | Write The Docs ...
"To keep reading—the only measure of good technical content"
Technology Blogs
Machine's Learn?
How Are We Teaching Them?
What if you could watch a machine learn the way a child does — fumbling with blocks, grouping things by feel, slowly making sense of the world? That’s the journey this article takes you on.
For Developers
Building Castles —An API as a Product
An API client sounds like a small thing — just a wrapper around some endpoints, right? But when hundreds of thousands of customers depend on it, think again.This article is a behind-the-scenes look at the craft that most developers never see, that of building an API client.
For Developers
AI Recommendations —An insider's view
Recommendations have quietly become the invisible hand guiding nearly everything we do online, yet most developers have no idea how they work under the hood.This article explains the engine.Check out the full series on Recommendations:How to build
For Media
For the back-office
For UI Design
Product Marketing
De- SaaS-afras
Your Org —API Fragmentation
This article tells the story of how the very thing that was supposed to simplify everything — the plug-and-play of SaaS — quietly becomes its own kind of mess.
Thought Leadership
When Shopping Becomes Visual —AI Image Search
You spot an antique chandelier at a friend's dinner party, and you want one. But how do you describe that in a search bar? You could try describing the chandelier — or you could just snap a photo and let the machine do the rest.
Thought Leadership
Stop and Smell the Roses —Google's Knowledge Graphs
This article pulls back the curtain on knowledge graphs, revealing how triplets of information (Paris → is a → city; Paris → has a population of → 2 million) turn facts into sprawling maps of knowledge ...
eBook
To Opt or Not —Personalization & Privacy
Who doesn't love a store that understands them?The perfect running shoes for your next marathon. A home décor that matches the style you've been browsing all weekBut there's a shadow side to that magic: the creeping sense that someone is watching a little too closely...
Technical Writing - Docs
API Documentation
A Developer and a Marketer walk into a bar ... and they meet a certified Technical Writer, who tells them all about the core principles of DITA:Action
Explanation
Reference
ConceptCheck out my Tech Writing Global Services
Technical Writing - Glossary
An Online Glossary
A technical writer walks into a marketing department and has no idea what anyone is talking about. CTR, SERP, MQL, funnel stages, lead scoring ... What? It's a whole new language, and nobody hands you a dictionary.Take a look at ...Headless Architecture
Digital Factory
Wireframing
Localization
A style guide
"So ... What's the CTA?""To keep reading—the only measure of good technical content."
My name is Peter Villani —With over 30 years in software, first as an Engineer, now as a Technical Writer and Content Marketer, working directly with engineers, executives, and product specialists to create accessible documentation and technical marketing content;With clients and target audiences that include SaaS, financial, and eCommerce clients; developers, business users, customers, prospects, tech leaders, decision-makers, executives, and the general public;And with success metrics that include improved API usage, reduced developer support, SEO-driven website traffic and analytics, increased product usage, lower churn, plan upgrades, company and executive reputation, and branding;From NY to Paris.
"Peter is an incredibly talented writer and passionate about his craft. Whether writing for developers, business users, or C-level personas, Peter knows how to speak to them all."— Scott Mathson, Head of Content, Algolia
"As a technology writer, Peter likes to dive deep into e-commerce, B2B, and SaaS topics for engineers, business users, executives, and the general public, teaching and inspiring.And, when he comes up for air, he's writing fiction."— Prismic Content Team
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