The Modern Technical Writer’s Guide to Docs-as-Code

Modern technical writing is increasingly shaped by developer workflows, AI tooling, and open source practices. As highlighted in the May 2026 Technical Writing Scouting Report published by Words n Logic, docs-as-code skills continue to appear across some of the most competitive technical writing and developer documentation roles in the industry. But for many writers, concepts like pull requests, CI/CD pipelines, Git workflows, and static site generators can still feel intimidating or disconnected from traditional documentation practices. In this practical session, we’ll walk through how modern documentation teams build, review, deploy, and scale documentation using docs-as-code workflows centered around Docusaurus. Topics include: • How Docusaurus compares to traditional documentation tooling • Markdown and MDX workflows • GitHub collaboration and pull request reviews • CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions • Deployment workflows with Netlify • Real-world tradeoffs around scaling, build times, and maintainability Attendees will leave with a clearer understanding of how modern…