The Eko (v1.2) release is here!
The Eko release introduced three new templates. We also share some community news.
Jun 13, 2024, updated Jun 13, 2024
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The Good Docs Project Blog
Contributing advice and experiences from tech writers around the globe.
We Are GitLab Open Source Partners
May has been an exciting month as The Good Docs Project has been invited to become a GitLab Open Source Partner. Joining forces with GitLab brings us new opportunities to promote best practices in technical documentation for open source software projects.
Jun 20, 2023, updated Jun 20, 2023
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Origin Story - Birth of The Good Docs Project
The Good Docs Project is an open source community of technical writers, doc tools experts, UX designers, and software engineers who are committed to improving the quality of documentation in open source. We aim to educate and empower people to create high-quality documentation by providing them with resources, best practices, and tools to enhance their documentation in open source and beyond.
Jun 08, 2023, updated Jun 08, 2023
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Becoming a Keystone Project
The Good Docs Project is growing into a keystone project for software ecosystems. Read on to learn about what a keystone project is and why they matter.
May 15, 2023, updated May 23, 2023
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Template release 0.3.0 & using our own templates
The Brooklyn release introduced four new templates. We also share some lessons from using our own templates.
Dec 16, 2022, updated Dec 18, 2022
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Write the Docs Portland 2022 Conference Highlights
We want to send a big thanks and shout-out to Write the Docs for organizing the conference for another year. Here's a recap of (some of) what we did and our favorite bits.
Dec 08, 2022, updated May 13, 2024
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6 resources for starting your journey into docs!
Do you find yourself in the shoes of someone who has to write documentation for the first time ever? The closer you look, the more you will find that technical writing is actually quite a broad discipline. Amidst the tons of resources, it can be hard to figure out what you need to know to get started. So here are six resources to narrow that space for you.
Jul 19, 2022, updated Sep 26, 2022
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State of The Good Docs Project, May 2022
The Brooklyn release introduced four new templates. We also share some lessons from using our own templates.
May 21, 2022
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Marketing yourself - Why you need a tech writing portfolio
The Brooklyn release introduced four new templates. We also share some lessons from using our own templates.
May 21, 2022, updated May 13, 2024
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3 Tricks to Overcome Writer's Block
Often we struggle to write docs, especially when it's something that isn't explicitly part of our job or one of our passions. Like a chore, though, we know it still needs to be done. Then writer's block hits, where we all struggle to get anything on a page in the first place.
May 03, 2022, updated May 06, 2022
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