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Re:Free software is suffering because coders don’t know how ... by franciscop on Friday June 02, 2017 @02:45PM (#14472367)
I was waiting until the dreaded Monday to launch this but I guess I'll do a soft launch now since it's totally in-topic. I even updated it to add Github's Survey results.

Let me write the documentation for you! I've created this: https://documentation.agency/ and you can email me so my colleagues and I will write or improve your project's documentation. Added a landing page (like https://picnicss.com/ ) and design if you want it. It is for-profit so far, but if everything goes well I'll start doing some heavily reduced prices for some OSS projects.

https://documentation.agency/

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Re:Free software is suffering because coders don’t know how ... by CM30 on Friday June 02, 2017 @04:13PM (#14472950)
Hey, that's actually a pretty neat idea. I mean, we already have agencies for things like web development, SEO and design, so one for documentation seems like it'd be useful for lots of people too.

Hope it does well.

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Re:Free software is suffering because coders don’t know how ... by franciscop on Friday June 02, 2017 @04:46PM (#14473177)
Hey thanks! I got 0 emails so far though, so I think I'll have to go talk with some SMB to see if they are interested. If you happen to know anyone please let me/them know!
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Re:Free software is suffering because coders don’t know how ... by coppolaemilio on Friday June 02, 2017 @02:53PM (#14472429)
Interesting project. Are you thinking about doing some Free Software documentation? It could help getting attention from other projects that might be interested.
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Re:Free software is suffering because coders don’t know how ... by franciscop on Friday June 02, 2017 @04:44PM (#14473167)
Yeah, but it is low on the priority list right now since I have to finish a project+documentation on my own.

If this gets traction I'll use part of my time to contribute back to other Free Software libraries.

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