Take your pick:
- Niko Berry: The Many Faces of the Developer Persona
- Tom Johnson: API quick reference diagrams
- Michelle Knight: Document: your most valuable data asset
- Dennis Dawson: Learning how to learn
- AK Krajewska: Haunted Manuals
See you May 3-5 in Portland!
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We’re excited to have 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗠𝗲 sponsoring Write the Docs 2026.
ReadMe gives teams the tools to create and manage beautiful docs easily, monitor their APIs, and connect with users in more personal ways.
💡 Stop by and chat with them at WTD Portland, May 3-5.
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🎉 Less than a month until we gather in Portland, Oregon! 🌲☕
Been before? What's your go-to? Coffee shops? Food carts? Powell's? Let us know 👇
✨ Also check:
- What’s new in 2026
- Join our Slack
- Submit Writing Day ideas
- How to participate in the conference
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💡 Stop by and chat with them about leveling up your docs, at WTD Portland, May 3-5.
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It’s your chance to shape the conversation, whether you’re leading a session, listening, or sharing knowledge in a collaborative space.
Join us May 3-5 in Portland, and experience it for yourself!
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This talk “𝗗𝗿𝗼𝗽𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗝𝘂𝗽𝘆𝘁𝗲𝗿: 𝗔𝗻 𝗘𝘅𝗽𝗹𝗼𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗡𝗼𝘁𝗲𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗘𝗰𝗼𝘀𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗺”, by Adam Michael Wood looks at a number of alternative notebook and notebook-adjacent tools and how each serves the needs of different contexts and use cases.
Write the Docs Portland, May 3-5!
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What happens when your users are unable to differentiate between your company’s products, and have to refer to two different doc sites that did not necessarily complement each other in terms of either coverage or UX?
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Virtual attendance includes:
- Live streamed talks from the main stage
- Ability to participate in Q&A with speakers
- Real-time chat with other virtual attendees
- Virtual networking spaces
- Conference talk videos available 2-3 weeks after the event
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Crafting quality documentation requires enormous time and energy. Yet, product users often find it faster and easier to query robots than to navigate a documentation site.
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💬 What are you most looking forward to?
Let us know in the comments!
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Trusted by Anthropic, Cloudflare, Google, and OpenAI, Stainless powers critical interfaces that millions of developers use every day.
💡 Stop by and chat with them at Write the Docs Portland, May 3-5.
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In her talk, “𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗪𝗲 𝗗𝗲𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝟱𝟬𝟬+ 𝗔𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗹𝗲𝘀: 𝗖𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗨𝗽 𝗗𝗼𝗰𝘂𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝘁 𝗦𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗲”, Aileen Mary shares how their team deprecated over 500 articles, nearly 30% of the Knowledge Base, through a systematic, data-driven process aligned with support metrics and product priorities.
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In his talk, “𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗠𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗛𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝗗𝗼𝗰𝘂𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻”, Christian Miles discusses how bespoke tools can help navigate a socially complex environment created by the proliferation of AI technologies.
Don’t miss this talk at Write the Docs Portland, May 3-5!
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By the end, you'll have concrete techniques you can use today to reduce friction and anxiety in your documentation workflows, especially when juggling multiple changes at once.
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For years, Sarah used Git the way many people do: just enough to feel competent, but not enough to recover if anything went sideways. This talk, “The Git Commands I Avoided for 9 Years (and Why I Wish I Hadn't)”, is a writer-friendly tour of the Git commands she avoided for years.
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As the sole Technical Writer on a team, Alina serves as a bridge, educator, advocate, and culture-builder. She learned that documentation influences everything: product clarity, UI, and API experiences.
Don’t miss her talk at Write the Docs Portland, May 3-5!
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Many technical communicators already practice the skills needed to shape high-impact technical narratives, but don't always see how those skills translate outside documentation contexts.
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After spending three months manually auditing a major developer documentation portal, Rakesh found deprecated code examples, broken API references, and outdated content, but the real problem was that the audit was obsolete within weeks. So he built an AI tool to do it continuously.
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If you've ever wondered why people aren't contributing to your open source documentation even though they said they would, or if you want to make it easier for newcomers to actually get started, this talk might help.
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⏰ Write the Docs Portland 2026 is just two months away!
Our 𝗔𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗲 𝗚𝘂𝗶𝗱𝗲 is now live. Whether you’re a first-timer or a returning regular, check it out for what to expect this year.
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In this talk, Ethan Palm will share how teams actually use AI tools, where automation succeeds and fails, and how technical writer roles are evolving.
Don’t miss this talk at Write the Docs Portland, May 3-5!
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The conversations at Write the Docs don't feel like networking, they feel like reconnecting with people who just get it. Year after year, Marcia keeps coming back because this community is unlike anything else in the industry.
Let Marcia tell you herself.
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In her talk, Darlene ChaniMaya Postma shares how Twitch is redesigning their Community Guidelines supporting docs to function as real-time decision support, while remaining mindful of risks and other factors.
Don’t miss this talk: Write the Docs Portland, May 3-5!
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In her talk “𝗣𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗮𝗿𝘀 𝗧𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗛𝗼𝗹𝗱: 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗗𝗼𝗰𝘂𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗔𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝗨𝘀𝗲𝗿 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀”, Annie shares a practical method to structure documentation based on user progress, particularly with inherited content and users who are upskilling.
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📆 Write the Docs Portland, May 3-5
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Check out our Convince Your Manager guide for talking points, benefits, and a customizable approval request template.
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🗣️ We're excited to announce the speakers for the 2026 Portland conference!
Each year, we strive to bring a diverse array of voices and topics.
Full list here:
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🗓️ May 3-5, 2026
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⌛Our Opportunity Grant program closes tomorrow on Feb 5 at 11:59 Pacific Time.
Applications are open to anyone who wants to attend Write the Docs, and would otherwise have difficulty attending.
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We’re just over 3 months out from Write the Docs ✏️
Check out our Visiting Portland page, for information on tons of food recommendations, and our hotel partners.
⏰ Opportunity Grant applications close Feb 4.
🙌 Sign up to Volunteer, as spots are filling up quick!
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