Technical Documentation for startups - an opinionated guide
Startups very often neglect the need to have proper technical documentation. In this post, I will try to explain why it is important and how to do it right without investing too much.
Your software is as good as its documentation. Even if it's a truism, it's worth remembering, especially when creating a SaaS solution with self-service capabilities and versatile APIs, or when building open-source (no, README.md in your GitHub is not sufficient).
Big tech companies know it very well. They invest significant money in creating and maintaining their documentation. They use dedicated tooling and have teams to build it. But what about startups? They are usually focused on building the product and acquiring customers. In this post, I give you my opinionated guide on how to create world-class documentation without investing.
Believe me, you can't afford to have bad documentation!
It is my ambition to say in ten sentences what others say in a whole book.
Friedrich Nietzsche
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