OSS Documentation Scaling: Common Themes from the CNCF Ecosystem

Explore the critical role of documentation in open source projects through this insightful conference talk. Discover how documentation impacts project adoption and perception, and learn strategies for improving your project's documentation as it scales. Gain valuable insights into common documentation issues across different project sizes, effective tooling setups, and metrics for evaluating documentation quality. Examine how documentation needs evolve with project growth and explore best practices for documentation management in various CNCF project communities. Delve into topics such as content quality, information architecture, technical writing, ownership, and automation. Address challenges faced by projects of all sizes and learn how to balance resources effectively. Acquire practical knowledge to enhance your open source project's documentation and drive user adoption.

Intro
Welcome
Overview
Documentation Services
Small Projects
Tooling
Content
Mediumsized projects
Content quality
Information architecture
Technical writing
CNCF projects
Large projects
Ownership
Automations
NP Hard Problems
Technical Writer Absence
Resources
Balance