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Help me write a blog post in two steps: outline first, draft only after I approve the outline. Do not write the draft in your first reply.

Topic: [WHAT THE POST IS ABOUT]
The one thing a reader should take away: [THE SINGLE POINT]
Audience and what they already know: [E.G. WORKING DEVELOPERS WHO KNOW GIT / SMALL-BUSINESS OWNERS NEW TO HIRING]
Target length: [WORD COUNT]
Raw material — my examples, anecdotes, data, and opinions to build from: [PASTE NOTES; THE POST SHOULD BE BUILT FROM THESE, NOT FROM GENERIC KNOWLEDGE]

Step 1 — outline. Give me:
- Three working titles: one plain, one curiosity-forward, one that states the takeaway outright.
- The opening two sentences, fully drafted — the hook is the hardest part and I want to judge it early.
- Section headers, each with one line stating the job that section does for the argument, not a summary of its content.
- The closing move: how the post ends and what the reader is left to do or think.
- Gaps: places where the outline needs a concrete example, number, or story I haven't supplied. Ask for these; do not plan to invent them.

Step 2 — after I approve or amend the outline, write the full draft. Draft rules: open with the hook, with no throat-clearing about how important the topic is; keep paragraphs under four sentences; every claim either comes from my raw material or is clearly framed as my opinion; nothing invented to fill a gap I didn't fill.

Write it so someone can paste it straight into Claude, ChatGPT or Gemini and fill the [BRACKETS].