Keynote: Calling All Doc Stars
Talkat Open Source Summit Europe + Embedded Linux Conference Europe 2019 · on Tuesday, 2019-10-29· at 10:05· Amphitheatre·
summary
DigitalOcean survey shows documentation is the top adoption driver but only 4% of contributors focus on docs, blocked by time, lack of support, and lack of reward. The remedy is concrete: publish contributor guides and templates, include docs work in release notes, and run funded programs. Google launches Season of Docs hiring tech writers for 50 projects now, aiming to raise docs contributors toward a 10–20% goal and report learnings by December–January.
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chapters (7)
- 0:00Intro
- 0:44Why we need more doc stars
- 1:09Survey results
- 1:31Top blockers
- 2:21Pro tips
- 3:31Season of Docs
- 4:44Outro
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