Candour is the strategy
Postmortems earn more trust than success stories.
An engineering blog built for depth, not traffic.

Stacktrace publishes for a sceptical audience, so the design gets out of the way and the writing carries everything: code blocks, real numbers, and postmortems with timelines.
Engineering blogs are recruiting tools as much as content marketing, which is why the tone is candid about failure rather than promotional.
Employer brand and developer trust. Not directly monetised — the return is hiring pipeline and technical credibility.
Postmortems earn more trust than success stories.
Long technical reading, not skimming.
Depth attracts the engineers you want to hire.