An introduction to developer experience, and the role of a documentarian
summary
A d-x-p-o-s-e livestream shows 45–60 minute experiments building developer-focused projects and records concrete failures and fixes: form-gated downloads and eager sales outreach, mismatched Node versions, native C compilation and unexpected Python dependencies, outdated screenshots, and unresponsive issue triage. Advice includes using containers for fresh tests, adding automated doc checks and boilerplate example repos. Concrete examples include Rust’s Book and error messages, Laravel’s Homestead VM, Next.js’s stepwise tutorial, Sourcegraph via Docker and Rasa starter packs.
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chapters (15)
- 0:00Introduction
- 2:56ExampleJS
- 7:39Getting started and onboarding
- 9:42Finding the right documentation
- 11:05How can documentarians help
- 13:54Example examplejs
- 16:35Examples
- 17:06Rust
- 19:25Laravel website
- 22:18Sourcegraph
- 23:35Rasa
- 24:23Conclusion
- 25:30QA
- 26:38Feedback
- 29:35UX and DX
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