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idratherbewriting.com

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71/100Technical Safety ScoreIndependent technical assessment, not a visitor rating
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● Evidence is limited

What is this website?

Stay updated with best practices for technical writers. Includes an API documentation course for technical writers and engineers learning how to document APIs. The course includes sections on what an API is, API reference documentation, OpenAPI specification and Swagger, docs-as-code publishing and workflows, conceptual topics, tutorials, API documentation jobs, and more.

No listed local patterns observedHomepage-only analysis is not a malware clearance. Read the scope and findings below.

71/100Safety Score
75%Evidence Confidence
Trust Radar evidence profile Eight evidence dimensions from zero to one hundred. Exact values surround the chart. Threat Intelligence55 Domain History95 Infrastructure91 Website Security95 Security Hygiene35 Transparency78 Reputation50 Operational Stability85
Trust RadarEight observed factors. Select one to inspect its evidence.

How to read this report

Safety Score evaluates observed signals. Evidence Confidence measures how complete, direct, fresh, and consistent those signals are.

No automated scan can guarantee that a website is safe.

Current report context

What changed since the last scan

  • No earlier report to compare
What this scan could verify · 6 observed, 0 unavailable
DNS observed
Registration lookup observed
Network observed
TLS observed
Website response observed
Website content observed

Unavailable and unperformed checks are not clean results. The detailed evidence below remains the source for each conclusion.

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Independent evidence brief

What we observed about idratherbewriting.com

Updated Oct 12, 2026

The latest scan examined 10 public pages on idratherbewriting.com. Website descriptions below come from the site itself. Registration, connection and threat findings were checked separately.

Purpose and visible content

On its About page, the site says: Stay updated with best practices for technical writers. Includes an API documentation course for technical writers and engineers learning how to document APIs. The…

Registrar and domain history

Registered on May 23, 2006. Registrar: Bluehost Inc..

Recorded expiry date: May 23, 2027. Registry data can change.

Connection and hosting evidence

The checked homepage returned HTTP 200 in about 1000 ms.

A valid TLS certificate was observed, expiring Jan 4, 2027.

Threat checks and score context

External malware-provider coverage was unavailable. The report does not treat this missing check as a clean result.

Safety Score: 71/100. Evidence Confidence: 75%. These measure different things.

Community reviews of idratherbewriting.com

No approved reviews yet ☆☆☆☆☆

Visitor experiences are separate from the independent technical Safety Score.

Visitor opinions remain separate from the technical Safety Score.

Public content profile

Pages reviewed on idratherbewriting.com

10 of up to 10 pages

We sampled public pages from this website to understand its subject and contact paths. The titles and short descriptions below come from the website itself. They are not endorsements or independent safety findings.

I'd Rather Be Writing blog | I'd Rather Be Writing Blog and API doc courseI’d Rather Be Writing blog | I’d Rather Be Writing Blog and API doc courseStay updated with best practices for technical writers. Includes an API documentation course for technical writers and engineers learning how to document APIs. The course includes Tom Johnson | I'd Rather Be Writing Blog and API doc courseTom Johnson | I’d Rather Be Writing Blog and API doc courseStay updated with best practices for technical writers. Includes an API documentation course for technical writers and engineers learning how to document APIs. The course includes Tom's opinionated guide to skill building 101 | I'd Rather Be Writing Blog and API doc courseTom’s opinionated guide to skill building 101 | I’d Rather Be WritiThe thing I’m most excited about with AI lately is SKILLs. (I have to capitalize the word at first so you know I’m talking about agent skills rather than just general capabilities; Part I: Introduction to the series | I'd Rather Be Writing Blog and API doc coursePart I: Introduction to the series | I’d Rather Be Writing Blog and API doc coIn this essay, I explore arguments for the value of documentation and technical writers in an organization. Although metrics usually fall short as a way to measure value, documenta Building out my agent skills course and rethinking product skills | I'd Rather Be Writing Blog and API doc courseBuilding out my agent skills course and rethinkI’ve been adding to my agent skills course, including a reworked section on product skills that now takes a docs-first stance after I started seeing log data. I’ve also been leanin AI Book Club recording: I Am Not a Robot by Joanna Stern | I'd Rather Be Writing Blog and API doc courseAI Book Club recording: I Am Not a Robot by Joanna SternThis is a recording of our AI Book Club discussion of I Am Not a Robot: My Year Using AI to Do (Almost) Everything by Joanna Stern, held September 20, 2026. The group gave the book Six new books in tech comm: a roundup | I'd Rather Be Writing Blog and API doc courseSix new books in tech comm: a roundup | I’d Rather Be Writing Blog and APISix new books have recently been published in tech comm, and I wanted to round them up in case you missed some of them in your news feeds. The books include WTFM by CT Smith, Docum Buying a car in the age of AI | I'd Rather Be Writing Blog and API doc courseBuying a car in the age of AI | I’d Rather Be Writing Blog and API doc courseOne thing I’m not great at is buying cars. I’m incredibly indecisive, in part because historically I have regretted some of the cars I’ve purchased. Hence, I’m afraid of buying the Why biking to work fails when commuting from Renton to Seattle | I'd Rather Be Writing Blog and API doc courseWhy biking to work fails when commuting from RentoIn an attempt to get to work without a car, I tried three bike + transit routes from the Fairwood area of Renton to South Lake Union in Seattle. Each one took too long (~ 2 hours) Writing for an audience of agents — podcast with Ethan Palm from Mintlify | I'd Rather Be Writing Blog and API doc courseWriting for an audience of agents — podIn this podcast, co-host Fabrizio Ferri-Benedetti and I chat with Ethan Palm, a technical writer and knowledge engineer at Mintlify, about what happens when nearly half your docume

Public page evidence

Topics and keywords observed on idratherbewriting.com

12 phrases

These phrases were extracted locally from sampled public page metadata. They are observations, not search-volume or ranking estimates.

be writing blogTitle, H110 sampled pages
api docTitle10 sampled pages
rather beTitle, H110 sampled pages
courseTitle, H1, Meta description4 sampled pages
agent skillsTitle, H1, Meta description2 sampled pages
buildingTitle, H12 sampled pages
technicalMeta description4 sampled pages
technical writersMeta description3 sampled pages
partTitle, H1, Meta description2 sampled pages
whenTitle, H1, Meta description2 sampled pages
documentationMeta description3 sampled pages
haveMeta description3 sampled pages

At a glance

Key findings

✓

Report is current

The displayed evidence comes from the published immutable scan.

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Confidence is separate

Unavailable evidence is shown as missing and never counted as clean.

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Verify before sensitive actions

Check the exact URL and context before payments, credentials, or downloads.

Fully explainable

Why this score?

Versioned weights
Threat IntelligenceWeight 25%
55/100

Threat providers were unavailable. The neutral uncertainty baseline is not a clean verdict.

Domain HistoryWeight 10%
95/100

Domain registration age and expiry were checked.

InfrastructureWeight 10%
91/100

Observed DNS records and network address were checked.

Website SecurityWeight 15%
95/100

Observed certificate validity and TLS protocol were checked.

Security HygieneWeight 15%
35/100

Observed security header values were checked for basic protective settings. Empty values, disabled HSTS and unrecognized values receive no credit. This is not a complete browser-policy validation.

TransparencyWeight 5%
78/100

Observed site metadata and About page were checked. Publisher-supplied details are not independently verified.

ReputationWeight 5%
50/100

Popularity is weak context, not proof of safety. Unranked sites use a neutral baseline.

Operational StabilityWeight 15%
85/100

Observed HTTP status and final connection scheme were checked.

Server-side analysis

Automated security checks

Local antivirus and phishing checks

ClamAV · homepage HTMLNo signature match in the sampled HTML
Engine version1.5.4
Signature database date (UTC)2026-10-11T06:26:01+00:00
HTML bytes submitted77,280
Phishing.Database · exact hostnameNot listed in this snapshot
Feed downloaded (UTC)2026-10-12T00:00:16+00:00
Hosts in local snapshot386,082

Sampled scripts and pages

Resource analysis incomplete

6 resources checked · 9 script links observed on the homepage. Partial resource coverage.

ClamAV inspects the fetched homepage HTML on our server. New scans also sample up to four linked scripts and two collected internal pages, with size and time limits. Scripts are not executed. Other downloads, private server files and logged-in pages remain outside this check. A signature match needs investigation and can be a false positive. No match is not a whole-site safety guarantee.

Exact hostname lookup uses a downloaded Phishing.Database snapshot. It does not send this domain to an external lookup API or mark sibling subdomains as harmful. Not listed does not mean safe. Snapshot age is download age, not proof that every entry was recently revalidated.

Homepage HTML only · Eight local rule families · local-security-v2

Checks use the fetched page and redirect chain. Scripts are not executed, forms are not submitted, and linked files are not downloaded. This is not a malware clearance.

Page resource inventory

Linked scripts9
Inline scripts10
Embedded frames2
External script hosts4

Counts describe the sampled HTML, not every resource loaded by the browser. External resources are common and are not automatically harmful.

No listed local patterns observed. The limited rule set cannot detect every threat or behavior.

External threat intelligence

Provider coverageNot checked

Local checks do not query external reputation databases. An unavailable check is never a clean result.

Registration

Domain information

Public RDAP observation
Canonical domainidratherbewriting.com
RegistrarBluehost Inc.
RegisteredMay 23, 2006
Domain age20 years
ExpiresMay 23, 2027
Registry statusesclient transfer prohibited
Report statePublished

Infrastructure

Network & hosting

Observed endpoint, not legal location
IP address188.114.96.2
Autonomous systemUnavailable
Network organizationUnavailable
Observed countryUnavailable
CDNCloudflare
Web application firewallNot detected

At a glance

Infrastructure summary

Observed during this scan

A compact view of the connection, DNS and security surface. These observations describe what the scanner could verify at scan time and do not prove ownership or ongoing availability.

HTTP response200 · https://idratherbewriting.com/
Endpoint188.114.96.2
NetworkUnavailable
CDN and WAFCloudflare · Not detected
DNS surface8 records · 2 nameservers · 1 mail exchangers
Protection signals0 security headers · 4 technologies · DNSSEC unknown

Page telemetry

Observed page statistics

Safe metadata only

These counters describe the fetched response and sampled HTML. Script counts describe references in the markup, not a complete browser network log. Cookie counts cover observed response headers.

Response size77,280 bytes
HTTP check duration1,000 ms
Cookies observedUnavailable
Script resources9 · 4 external hosts
Frames and sampled checks2 frames · 6 resources checked

Encrypted transport

TLS certificate

Valid when observed
StatusValid when observed
ProtocolTLSv1.3
IssuercountryName=US, organizationName=Google Trust Services, commonName=WE1
Valid fromOct 6, 2026
Valid untilJan 4, 2027
Certificate names*.idratherbewriting.com · idratherbewriting.com

Resolution

DNS footprint

DNSKEY status unknown

DNSKEY presence does not verify the DNSSEC signature chain. Missing records can mean no record was returned or the lookup was unavailable.

A188.114.96.3TTL —
A188.114.97.3TTL —
AAAA2a06:98c1:3120::3TTL —
AAAA2a06:98c1:3121::3TTL —
NSabby.ns.cloudflare.comTTL —
NSjonah.ns.cloudflare.comTTL —
MX0 box2529.bluehost.comTTL —
TXTv=spf1 include:spf.mailjet.com +mx +a +ip4:50.87.178.26 ~allTTL —

DNS observations · no external lookup API

Domain email protection

Exact-host SPF and DMARC observations help the owner investigate email impersonation risks. They are separate from website malware checks and do not change the Safety Score.

SPFPolicy record observed, not fully validated
DMARCMonitoring-only DMARC policy

What to do next

Review the records with your mail administrator. Inventory legitimate senders and test SPF and DKIM alignment before enforcing a stricter DMARC policy. Fix duplicate records and investigate overly permissive SPF rules.

This bounded check does not send email, probe SMTP, evaluate recursive SPF includes, verify DKIM signatures or apply organizational-domain DMARC inheritance. A missing subdomain record does not prove that no inherited protection exists. A DNS timeout is unknown, not an absent record. A policy record is not proof that messages authenticate successfully.

Responsible disclosure

security.txt

RFC 9116 observation

No readable security.txt file was observed at the standard locations. This is informational and is not evidence of malware.

Browser protections

Security headers

0 observed

Header evidence is unavailable. Missing data is not treated as a clean result or proof of compromise.

Response headers

Cookie protections

Passive observation

No Set-Cookie header was observed on the sampled homepage response. Other pages may set cookies separately.

Detected stack

Technologies

Bootstrap 80% Cloudflare 98% Google Analytics 94% jQuery 3.7.0 82%

Versions are shown only when publicly exposed by the page or response headers. An observed version is not, by itself, proof of a vulnerability.

JavaScript library advisories

4 sampled JavaScript files checked locally with Retire.js. Database snapshot: 2026-10-12T02:40:13.167Z.

jquery 3.7.0 No known advisories matched this version in the database snapshot.

A version match is not proof that the website is infected or that an issue is exploitable here. Owners should review the advisory, check whether their code is affected and test an update. Up to four external script files are sampled, not every dependency, inline script or dynamically loaded resource.

Recommended maintenance checks

jQueryConfirm the observed jQuery version is supported by your application and update it through your normal dependency process.

About this website

What the site says about itself

Stay updated with best practices for technical writers. Includes an API documentation course for technical writers and engineers learning how to document APIs. The course includes sections on what an API is, API reference documentation, OpenAPI specification and Swagger, docs-as-code publishing and workflows, conceptual topics, tutorials, API documentation jobs, and more.

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Structured facts

Website identity & response

Public page metadata
Page titleI'd Rather Be Writing blog | I'd Rather Be Writing Blog and API doc courseI’d Rather Be Writing blog | I’d Rather Be Writing Blog and API doc course
First headingI'd Rather Be Writing blog
DescriptionStay updated with best practices for technical writers. Includes an API documentation course for technical writers and engineers learning how to document APIs. The course includes sections on what an API is, API reference documentation, OpenAPI specification and Swagger, docs-as-code publishing and workflows, conceptual topics, tutorials, API documentation jobs, and more.
Canonical URLhttps://idratherbewriting.com/
Final URLhttps://idratherbewriting.com/
HTTP response200 · text/html; charset=utf-8 · 1000 ms
LanguageUnknown
Structured typesWebSite
Page page detectedhttps://idratherbewriting.com/blog/building-out-agent-skills-courseAbout page detectedhttps://idratherbewriting.com/aboutme/
missing100% evidence confidence
1100% evidence confidence
1100% evidence confidence
8100% evidence confidence
2100% evidence confidence
1100% evidence confidence
unavailable100% evidence confidence
Dns consistency.cname present100% evidence confidence
4100% evidence confidence
Local headers.permissions policy present100% evidence confidence
Local headers.hsts present100% evidence confidence
Local headers.csp present100% evidence confidence
1100% evidence confidence
1100% evidence confidence
Local headers.cors credentials with wildcard100% evidence confidence

Connection path

Redirect chain

0 recorded hops

No redirect hop was recorded for the sampled homepage.

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Compared with the previous scan

What changed

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Explainable matching

Digital fingerprint

fingerprint-v1
clear-shield-wave-517

Comparable components help find technically related websites. A match does not prove common ownership.

DnsHashed private comparison value
TechnologiesHashed private comparison value

Material changes only

Change history

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No meaningful changes recorded yet.

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Visual evidence

Website screenshot

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Captured once in an isolated browser during this scan. Visual tint is an interface overlay. The original evidence is not duplicated.

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Questions about idratherbewriting.com

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Is idratherbewriting.com safe to visit?

The latest Safety Score is 71/100 with 75% Evidence Confidence. This is a point-in-time assessment of observed technical signals, not a guarantee. Check the exact address and avoid entering payment details if anything looks unusual.

Did the scan detect malware on idratherbewriting.com?

ClamAV found no signature match in the sampled homepage HTML. External scripts, downloads and private server files were not checked. This is not a whole-site malware clearance.

When was idratherbewriting.com registered?

The public registry record shows May 23, 2006. Registration details may be privacy-protected or updated later.

Did idratherbewriting.com have a valid TLS certificate?

The scanner observed a valid TLS certificate using TLSv1.3. A valid certificate alone does not establish that the site is safe.

How does idratherbewriting.com describe itself?

The website's About page describes its purpose in the report above. This is publisher-supplied information and is separate from independent security findings.

Can a paid listing change this website's score?

No. Premium placement and owner-supplied pages are labelled separately. Technical evidence, the Safety Score and moderation decisions remain independent.

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