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Documentation Debt: How to Organize Team Documentation
Project Management Oct 11 12 min

Documentation Debt: How to Organize Team Documentation

Documentation debt is what you pay when nobody can find the docs. How we organized 39+ files with one entry point, status badges and an archive in 4 hours.

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Travis Sutphin

Principal engineer. 25+ years building software.

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AI Development Best Practices: Avoid the AI Speed Trap
AI Development Sep 26 8 min

AI Development Best Practices: Avoid the AI Speed Trap

AI doesn't fix chaos, it amplifies it. AI development best practices for moving fast with systems: documentation, tests, prompt templates and daily reviews.

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Travis Sutphin

Principal engineer. 25+ years building software.

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File Naming Conventions: Best Practices to Stop File Chaos
Systems & Organization Apr 22 5 min

File Naming Conventions: Best Practices to Stop File Chaos

File naming conventions best practices: a simple date, project, type and version format with examples, plus tips to roll it out so your team finds files fast.

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Travis Sutphin

Principal engineer. 25+ years building software.

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