Data in the Hallway

Why is documentation important and how can we make it better?

November 10, 2023 Brian Foster, Daniel van Eeden, and Ray Paik Episode 12

In this episode, we talk to Mike Jang (Lead Technical Writer at Forescout Technologies) about his philosophy on what makes a good documentation and how having an open source documentation makes it easier to get feedback from the end user community. 

  • TiDB Docs Dash blog post: https://www.pingcap.com/blog/why-documentation-is-important/
  • Event page: https://www.pingcap.com/event/tidb-docs-dash/ 

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————————— About PingCAP and TiDB —————————

PingCAP is the creator of #TiDB, an advanced, #OpenSource, #DistributedSQL database with #MySQL compatibility. TiDB powers modern applications with a streamlined tech stack, elastic scaling, real-time analytics, and continuous access to data—all in a single database.

————————— Developer resources —————————

💫TiDB Twitter: https://twitter.com/TiDB_Developer
💫Introducing TiDB: https://youtu.be/_QBrPBwFoWM
💫Quick start with TiDB: https://docs.pingcap.com/tidb/stable/quick-start-with-tidb
💫TiDB in #Kubernetes: https://docs.pingcap.com/tidb-in-kubernetes/stable

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