OSS Documentation: The Cat's Cradle of Information Flows
summary
Describes a documentation strategy for an open source testing platform called CH2 toolkit that splits facts about the generic framework from client-specific implementations, uses microservices-based architecture to allow module-level docs, and prefers synthetic examples to avoid leaking sensitive client data. Recommends choosing between docs-as-code (inline, close to code) and separate docs repos, cites GitLab 2022 and DORA correlations, and notes maintenance cost and automated generation tradeoffs.
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chapters (7)
- 0:00OSS documentation challenges
- 1:51Why documentation matters in open source
- 4:23Documenting OSS challenges
- 5:51Info flows in fintech OSS
- 9:08Documentation strategy decisions
- 12:23Core docs principles
- 13:04Conclusion & Q&A
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