Announcing Templates release 1.3 (Friendship)
The Friendship release includes updates for an existing template, a brand new template and template standardization. We also share some community news.
Dec 12, 2024, updated Dec 12, 2024
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The Good Docs Project Blog
Tech writers around the globe providing advice and their experiences.
We are JetBrains partners
The Good Docs Project is thrilled to announce an exciting new partnership with JetBrains, a leader in building exceptional developer experiences. Joining forces with JetBrains will supercharge our mission to empower developers and tech writers to create better software documentation.
Sep 19, 2024, updated Sep 12, 2024
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Talking Good Docs with the World Food Programme
We recently gave an invited talk to the World Food Programme (WFP). Our session was focused on how to make a business case to improve documentation to support an organization's mission.
Aug 27, 2024, updated Aug 27, 2024
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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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Announcing Templates release 1.1 (Dragon)
The Dragon release introduced the overhaul of our Concept template and two new templates.
Dec 14, 2023, updated Dec 14, 2023
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Coordinating major documentation projects with GitLab
The Good Docs Project crossed a major milestone in May and partnered with our first major organization, GitLab! They officially invited us to become a member of their https://thegooddocsproject.dev/blog/we-are-gitlab-open-source-partners/[Open Source Partners Program].
Aug 25, 2023, updated Aug 25, 2023
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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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Announcing Templates release 1.0 (Capilano)
The Capilano release introduces updates to existing templates, three brand new templates and a new feature, template packs! We also share more community news.
Jun 15, 2023, updated Jun 15, 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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The Brooklyn (v0.3.0) release is here!
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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The Good Docs Project Templates (v0.2.0) release is here!
We are proud to announce the release of our templates (v0.2.0). We also share the state of the Good Docs Project.
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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State of The Good Docs Project
We share the state of The Good Docs Project as we continue to create templates to help developers overcome the challenges around creating good docs.
Dec 03, 2020, updated Dec 03, 2020
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Launching TheGoodDocsProject (0.1)
We are proud to announce the first 0.1 release of TheGoodDocsProject.
Nov 25, 2019, updated Nov 25, 2019
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