{"id":73001,"date":"2023-04-28T09:00:39","date_gmt":"2023-04-28T09:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cryptocabaret.com\/?p=73001"},"modified":"2023-04-28T09:00:39","modified_gmt":"2023-04-28T09:00:39","slug":"3-reasons-to-host-a-docathon-for-your-open-source-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cryptocabaret.com\/?p=73001","title":{"rendered":"3 reasons to host a docathon for your open source project"},"content":{"rendered":"

3 reasons to host a docathon for your open source project<\/span>
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Your open source project’s documentation is essential to your customers. Your target audience must understand the purpose of your project and how to use it, and documentation is what bridges that gap. A project is rarely ever truly done, so it’s equally important for resources to be maintained and updated with your project’s continuous improvement.<\/p>\n

But what happens when you have lots of documentation to maintain but lack the resources to keep it current? The answer is pretty simple: Host a docathon!<\/p>\n

What is a docathon?<\/h2>\n

A docathon is like a hackathon. A hackathon is an event where engineers and community leaders gather to improve or add new features to an existing application. In a docathon, the same kind of collaboration focuses on improving documentation.<\/p>\n

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A docathon can fill gaps within content, restructure large documentation sets, fix broken links, or just correct typos. The intent behind hosting a docathon is to improve a large amount of documentation in a relatively brief timeframe.<\/p>\n

Some examples of product documentation include:<\/p>\n