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2026

Open source docs: where does the money come from?original ↗
26 May 2026
Where do open source docs go?original ↗
11 Feb 2026

2025

5 things I know about automating docs with GitHub Actionsoriginal ↗
15 Sept 2025
Plausible substitutes for dirty lucreoriginal ↗
26 Aug 2025
Write like a cavemanoriginal ↗
11 Aug 2025
A guiding principle for marking up documentation for accessibilityoriginal ↗
22 Jul 2025
Customize Markdown conversions with Pandocoriginal ↗
17 Feb 2025

2024

Questions to ask yourself before freelancing as an American abroadoriginal ↗
14 Feb 2024
The Wayback Machine is not your portfoliooriginal ↗
23 Jan 2024

2023

Networking for introverts, imposters, and fraudsoriginal ↗
15 Nov 2023
Stop throwing away opportunities to introduce yourselforiginal ↗
16 Oct 2023
“Starving for docs”: the open source docs portfolio mythoriginal ↗
19 Sept 2023

2021

A list of fictitious numbers, domains, and moreoriginal ↗
6 Dec 2021
Don’t blur screenshots if you want to keep your secretsoriginal ↗
18 Nov 2021
Better-than-Grep tools for writers and developers alikeoriginal ↗
21 Sept 2021
4 ways to keep PDF docs off Google search resultsoriginal ↗
9 Aug 2021
What does “deprecated” mean to your readers?original ↗
21 Jul 2021
When is it safe to use “new” in technical documentation?original ↗
16 Jun 2021
Git reflogs don't have to be scaryoriginal ↗
10 Jun 2021
4 ways to keep distractions out of your screenshotsoriginal ↗
3 Jun 2021
Should you use the first-person plural in your documentation?original ↗
6 May 2021
What do you say to “no one reads the docs”?original ↗
15 Apr 2021
The second person is OK in developer documentation (but don’t take my word for it)original ↗
17 Mar 2021

2020

Three ways product and feature names get mixed up in your writingoriginal ↗
19 Nov 2020
Scheduling content with static site generators and automatic deploymentsoriginal ↗
29 Jul 2020
Felt trite might delete later: the hows and whys of avoiding clichésoriginal ↗
17 Jun 2020
How small is too small to launch new docs?original ↗
6 May 2020
Think habitat, not ecosystem, when you choose a static site generatororiginal ↗
22 Apr 2020
When notes aren’t enough: how to record subject-matter expertsoriginal ↗
23 Jan 2020

2019

The 30-minute information rescueoriginal ↗
28 Aug 2019
What's the difference between a function and method?original ↗
25 Mar 2019

2018

Acute Strategiesoriginal ↗
29 Jun 2018
Pay the Docs: pay transparency at Write the Docs Portlandoriginal ↗
21 May 2018
Checklists for public speakingoriginal ↗
5 Apr 2018
Meeting invitations for people who hate meetingsoriginal ↗
15 Mar 2018
How I helped Mozilla turn documentation into dataoriginal ↗
14 Feb 2018

2013

Stop excluding your audienceoriginal ↗
3 Jan 2013

2012

The Feedback Matrixoriginal ↗
29 Nov 2012
Five reasons you need an editororiginal ↗
14 Nov 2012
How to replace a Kindle 2 batteryoriginal ↗
17 Oct 2012
Documentation is artificial experienceoriginal ↗
10 Oct 2012
Don’t be so negativeoriginal ↗
3 Oct 2012
Writing feature requests and bug reports that get resultsoriginal ↗
19 Sept 2012

2010

Setting expectations in step-by-step directionsoriginal ↗
9 Dec 2010