Speaking of \(\LaTeX\) —as we were yesterday—Diomidis Spinellis, who’s the Editor and Chief and IEEE Software and who has written hundreds and papers and books in \(\LaTeX\) has a nice set of tips for writing LaTeX documents.
He has the usual advice about using the \(\LaTeX\) language but also mentions such things as source control, make files for building documents, style files, and recommended third-party packages. If you are writing with LaTeX, it is well worth your while to take a look at Spinellis’ advice. It’s relatively short and mentions all those little things that I, at least, always forget—do footnote indicators go before or after punctuation, for example.