Write the Docs
@writethedocs
We’re a global community (and conference) of people who care about documentation. 📝 Next conference: Portland 5/3-5/5 www.writethedocs.org
📅 We've published the full schedule for Write the Docs Berlin! This year, we're bringing back Writing Day and the Sunday Welcome Reception. Read up on all the details, get your conference ticket, and submit your Writing Day project: buff.ly/M3L6QYP
💬 "Accessibility for AI" sounds like a win-win, but accessibility is a practice for people that AI just happens to benefit from. Alexandra Klepper shares guidelines for inclusive content that keeps human needs ahead of machine needs. Read more: buff.ly/RTcJHUD
🔌 With an API, no marketing claim survives bad docs. Javier Rubio covers what makes API documentation useful, from OpenAPI and Arazzo to auth, errors and pagination, plus what the AI age changes and what it doesn't. Full abstract: buff.ly/NhYEK5L
⚙️ When products outgrow the docs team, what must be excellent and what's good enough? Elena Baskakova covers GitHub workflows, automated checks and stale-content detection, and why automation moves part of the work into infrastructure rather than removing it: buff.ly/UjcOOel
🤝 Stephan Rayner calls documentation trust infrastructure. Through two stories from his own career, one as a head of data, one as the engineer who lost an argument to an expense policy, the talk shows how good docs level a field decided by power, clout or seniority: buff.ly/f3JE9eI
🗃️ Teams are told to scale docs with AI, then left with messy results. Whitney Burkes shares how a team at Deutsche Bank treated prompts as documentation assets: versioned, reviewed, and built into a shared repository. Learn more: buff.ly/Ryouisc
📈 Most docs teams believe their work is valuable, few can prove it. From research for the State of Docs reports, Tal Gluck digs into which metrics make the case to leadership, which ones actually improve your docs, and why mixing them up frustrates everyone. Learn more: buff.ly/ehJmEVW
🗂️ Good information buried in bad structure is still bad docs. As the first content person on a design system team, Jen Buley inherited hundreds of pages with no one owning the whole. The talk covers how to diagnose the mess, get buy-in, and scale the fixes. More details: buff.ly/CEAeHNT
API examples, error messages, support scripts: all of it flows into AI systems. Oishi Banerjee reframes prompt injection as a writing problem and shows how clearer scope keeps docs safe for people and machines. Read more: buff.ly/X9V6BaU
📊 Two writers, dozens of products, and no way to prove "the docs need work". Anastasia Suboch built a documentation health framework that measures the docs and gets product owners to actually act. Full abstract: buff.ly/LczGq2c
🗓️ Write the Docs Berlin is just two months out, on Sep 6-8, 2026! You can now submit your Writing Day project, attendee guide is updated, and t-shirt shop is open. We're looking for a few more volunteers, with signups closing soon. Do get your ticket, as we expect to sell out. buff.ly/NyHmtza
🧭 AI can write. It can't decide what matters. Kel Raleigh shares a model for modern writing where AI handles the generation and humans own the judgment: what to say, how to frame it, and why it matters. Read more: buff.ly/CyjruV1
📣 Announcing Call for Proposals, Ticket Sales, and Opportunity Grants for Write the Docs Australia 2026. 📅 3–4 Dec | Melbourne | AEDT buff.ly/VnLr7Sa Write the Docs Australia is the conference for technical writers, developers, UX designers, content strategists, and anyone passionate about content.
🔁 Silence is not approval. When Uladzislava Lahun's team improved their docs, users expected more and complained more. The talk covers how a small team built a lightweight feedback loop from surveys, interviews and support signals. Read more: buff.ly/bDsHg3N
🚀 Ever feel stuck racing through content requests one after another? Kate Wilcox makes the case for a moonshot mindset: think bigger, take a wider view, and move from reactive service provider to proactive strategist. Learn more: buff.ly/zhdrTr2
Need to convince your manager on why you should attend Write the Docs Berlin? We've got you covered! ✅ Check out our Convince Your Manager guide for talking points, benefits, and a customizable approval request template. 🔗 Convince your manager: buff.ly/6OS4Lrw 🎟️ Tickets: buff.ly/Oi3jAgx
📣 Announcing Write the Docs Australia 2026. 📅 3–4 December 2026 | Melbourne | AEDT 📝 Call for Proposals opens early July. 🎟️ Tickets on sale July 2026, with tiered pricing and Opportunity Grants. 🤝 Sponsorship opportunities announced soon. buff.ly/6yUO1lL
Just under one week left to apply for an Opportunity Grant for Write the Docs Berlin! Do you want to participate in the conference, but have difficulty with ticket, travel or other costs? Apply before the deadline, and we may be able to support you: buff.ly/XHKK6fP
📣 Announcing our speaker lineup for Write the Docs Berlin! Join us on September 6-8 to hear about metrics, AIs, APIs, moonshots and much more: buff.ly/wWGC1O0 Our call for volunteers has opened, signups open until July 15.
The CFP for Write the Docs Berlin closes in just 36 hours, so this is your last chance to join us on the stage in September: buff.ly/AHbyQdu Tickets are still on sale, and our Opportunity Grant program is open for applications.
A big thanks to all the wonderful meetup and community groups from all over the globe, who make this community what it is. We had representation from some of the meetups in person in Portland, and it was awesome to have them here. buff.ly/SS2wBit #writethedocs
A big thanks to all the wonderful meetup and community groups from all over the globe, who make this community what it is. We had representation from some of the meetups in person in Portland, and it was awesome to have them here. www.writethedocs.org/meetups/ #writethedocs
Meet the Write the Docs Portland team! buff.ly/PfjYoT5 #writethedocs
Folks at Write the Docs Portland, what did you work on at yesterday’s Unconference sessions? What insights came through? Let us know in the comments! Today's speakers: Rakesh Pasupuleti, Alina Desiatnikova, Busayo Ojo, Ethan Palm, Adam Michael Wood, and Alex Garnett. #writethedocs
Nice finish to Day 2 of the conference. What a fantastic bunch of documentarians! #writethedocs
It's already been an awesome day so far (with a bit more to go) in Portland. The weather is great outside, the vibes are chill inside, and there is a whole lot of documentation goodness going around. #writethedocs
Great start to Write the Docs Day 2 with folks enjoying a delicious breakfast, free espresso thanks to our sponsor Promptless, and plenty of topics on the unconference board. #writethedocs
What a fantastic start to the Write the Docs Portland with the Writing Day! Plenty of things to talk about, try out, and discuss around documentation - be it observability, metrics, AI, toolchains, Resume review, and more. #writethedocs
✏️ Welcome to Write the Docs Portland 𝗪𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗗𝗮𝘆! Introduction begins at 9:00 PT and then we team up and start writing! 🎇 New this year, we have an 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗼 𝘁𝗼 𝗚𝗶𝘁 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗽 at 9:30 AM. Complete Writing Day schedule (will be updated throughout the day) buff.ly/qnw6wCB #writethedocs
⏲️ See you tomorrow, Portland! Who’s ready for three days of exploring the art and science of documentation? What are you most looking forward to? Check out our 𝗔𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗲 𝗚𝘂𝗶𝗱𝗲 for tips on making the most of our time together: buff.ly/l4qrtcx #writethedocs