Hi, I'm Deanna.
First of her name, defender of the serial comma, and builder of style guides.
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Automate changelog generation with standard-version
Hello, it's been a while. Lately, I've been researching and learning more about changelogs because I'm collaborating on a changelog template with another member in the Community docs working group. We...
read articleSetting up static sites with Netlify CLI and GitLab
Yesterday, I found myself in a bit of a conundrum. I migrated the repository for this site from GitHub to GitLab because I've been using GitLab lately and like it. Because I'm using a new Git...
read articleTemplates, templates, and more templates
Several awesome things happened after I gave my talk at WTD 2021: I met a lot of great people on Twitter. My confidence as a technical writer went 📈 I learned more about The Good Docs Project. I...
read articleQ1 Report
When I last wrote a blog post (which seems like ages ago), I said that there were a few things I wanted to do by the end of Q1: Finish building my team's style guide. Become more comfortable with...
read article2021 Things
Happy 2021. I don't know about you, but I'm a bit glad that 2020 is behind us. 2020 did have its bright spots, but overall...it was a rough year. Thankfully, it's a new year. I have a few things I...
read articleLearning about docs and CI/CD
Lately, I've been focused on learning about continuous integration (CI) and continuous deployment (CD). The main reason I'm interested in it is because I want to find some way to automate testing our...
read articleTesting docs with Vale - Part 3: Running the CLI
In this series, you'll learn how to configure and customize Vale to lint Markdown files. Part 1: Installing the Vale CLI Part 2: Configuring the Vale CLI In this part, you'll create a .vale.ini file,...
read articleTesting docs with Vale - Part 2: Configuring the Vale CLI
Note: If you didn't read part one of the Vale CLI series, do that first! Welcome to part two! In this part, you'll learn how to configure the Vale CLI for your documentation needs. Before you dive...
read articleTesting docs with Vale - Part 1: Installing the Vale CLI
Welcome to the Vale CLI series! It'll consist of four posts: Part 1: Installing the Vale CLI. In this part, you'll learn how to use a package manager to install Vale on your Mac or PC. Part 2:...
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