5 reasons why the future of software development is less coding, more documentation

tldr: Software development is evolving rapidly. The industry is moving from manual coding to AI-assisted development and automation. This creates unprecedented documentation needs. Documentation is shifting from a “nice-to-have” to a critical requirement for product success. Here are five reasons why the future of software development is less coding, more documentation. 1. The move towards… Read more »

Should you ever lie or bend the truth in user documentation?

An interesting thread on Twitter from Scott Berkun: I'm increasingly fascinated by this idea. Has anyone seen a designer or organization do something like this? https://t.co/68fgmUaMyG — Scott Berkun (@berkun) October 3, 2019 There are Technical Authors who write “start here”, where there could be more than one place to do it. This is for… Read more »

Managing a project? Need technical writers? Solve that issue today

This is one of our occasional reminders that Cherryleaf offers technical and business writing services. Don’t worry if you don’t have the time or skills to create the documentation in-house. You can use Cherryleaf to create: End-user documentation Online Help Embedded Help Getting started guides Knowledge Bases Quick reference guides Reference manuals Tutorials Screencasts and video… Read more »

Docs Like Code – Interview with Anne Gentle

Here is early access to the latest episode on the Cherryleaf Podcast – Interview with Anne Gentle, author of Docs Like Code and Product Manager at Cisco. It will be published on the podcast channel on Monday. Topics covered: What is docs as code? Why do it? When might this approach might be applicable? The limitations… Read more »