Engineering posts about Documentation
Curated summaries and key learnings for engineers working with Documentation.
Agentic-Agile: Why Agent Development Needs Agile (Not Just Prompts)
The article introduces the concept of Agentic-Agile development, which aims to enhance the collaboration between human developers and AI agents in software projects. It critiques traditional...
WinGet Configuration: Set up your dev machine in one command
The article introduces WinGet Configuration, a tool that allows developers to automate the setup of their development environments using a YAML configuration file. This process simplifies the...
How We Increased Code Coverage by 28% Without Writing a Single Test
In this article, Tom Noah, a Senior Software Engineer at Salesforce, discusses how he increased code coverage by 28% without writing additional tests by restructuring data models. The article...
Building a CLI for all of Cloudflare
The article outlines the efforts to rebuild the Wrangler CLI for Cloudflare, aiming to unify access to the extensive API surface across various products. It highlights the challenges of ensuring...
Supporting Google Account username change in your app
The article discusses the recent update allowing users to change their Google Account usernames while retaining access to their original email addresses. It highlights the implications for...
From vendors to vanguard: Airbnb’s hard-won lessons in observability ownership
The article outlines Airbnb's transition from a vendor-managed observability platform to a custom in-house solution built on open-source technology, specifically Prometheus. It details the challenges...
Unleash Your Development Superpowers: Refining the Core Coding Experience
The article outlines recent feature enhancements in the Gemini Code Assist tool, designed to streamline the coding experience for developers. Key features include Agent Mode with Auto Approve for...
Conductor Update: Introducing Automated Reviews
The article introduces the Automated Review feature of Conductor, an extension for the Gemini CLI that enhances the software development lifecycle by integrating a verification step...
Introducing the Developer Knowledge API and MCP Server
The Developer Knowledge API and Model Context Protocol (MCP) server are newly introduced tools designed to enhance the capabilities of AI-powered developer tools by providing a reliable source of...
WinGet Configuration: Set up your dev machine in one command
The article discusses the use of WinGet Configuration to streamline the setup of development environments on Windows machines. It explains how to create a configuration file in YAML format that can...
From pixels to characters: The engineering behind GitHub Copilot CLI’s animated ASCII banner
The article delves into the complexities of designing an animated ASCII banner for the GitHub Copilot CLI, highlighting the unique challenges posed by terminal environments. It discusses the...
Mobbing with AI
The article explores the integration of AI tools into mob programming to enhance software development efficiency without sacrificing code quality. It details a collaborative process where teams...
Previewing the JavaScript/TypeScript Modernizer for VS Code Insiders
The JavaScript/TypeScript Modernizer is an AI-assisted tool integrated into Visual Studio Code that simplifies the process of modernizing JavaScript and TypeScript projects. By leveraging GitHub...