Doctave 2.0 is here! π
This release brings with it...
- A brand new Markdown-aware component library for creating compelling and engaging articles
- An improved, customizable design, with the familiar Doctave layout
...and much more! We're excited to see what you build!
We're building a brand new editor for technical writing and docs-as-code at @GetDoctave!
We're pushing the boundaries of what an editor for documentation and technical writing professionals could look like.
Interested? Join the waitlist! Link below π
I had the pleasure of chatting with Manny Silva about his work on VerbaGPT, and how he uses LLMs to cut his time-to-first-draft from 2 days to an incredible 5 minutes
Full conversation on YouTube π
https://t.co/jI1bAfNNh0
Granted @GetDoctave isn't a particularly data-heavy app, I feel like we just crossed some kind of milestone because we had to add a missing database index to address a performance issue.
Resulted in a good 150ms faster page loads for some customers!
My discussion about Markdown and Structured Authoring with @remoquete is out!
We discussed lots of interesting ideas about how to bring structured authoring concepts into a docs-as-code context
Take a look!
https://t.co/x5JDfhtSJP
My discussion about Markdown and Structured Authoring with @remoquete is out!
We discussed lots of interesting ideas about how to bring structured authoring concepts into a docs-as-code context
Take a look!
https://t.co/x5JDfhtSJP
Had the pleasure of chatting with @remoquete last week about Markdown and Structured Authoring!
We talked about what structured authoring would look like in a docs-as-code, context and ways we could get there.
Tune in Monday next week for the full discussion!
Your docs are the product.
For some companies, the docs are the biggest touch point that the your user will interact with. Much more important than the copy on your marketing site.
Invest in your docs, hire tech writers, make your users happy.
Are you building your developer docs from content spread across multiple Git repositories? If so, I'd love to talk to you!
We're going to be releasing some cool stuff in the coming months. See π
We've added diagram support powered by @mermaidjs_ π
You can now add flowcharts, pie charts, gantt charts and more, defined as text inline inside your Markdown content.
Still think you should think twice about putting an AI in front of your carefully written developer docs.
Your users are not experts in your product. They cannot tell when the LLM is hallucinating and making up features, which it inevitably will (for now at least).
How can we foster a culture of documentation?
Learn what worked for engineers and technical writers at Google, Twitter, and Spotify π
https://t.co/GUh3ZHiE3m
I wrote about what it would take to bridge the gap between Markdown and structured authoring
TL;DR, Markdown has more structure than you'd think, and it's really a matter of tooling to make it a reality.
https://t.co/w8Z4RRs6vn
We created a new Markdown-aware component system for 2.0 π
You can:
- Embed interactive UI components directly in Markdown
- Nest Markdown and components together
- And even create custom reusable components
And keeping with our music-inspired brand, we're calling it Ballad