The Unanticipated Challenges of Docs-as-Code for Technical Documentation

I had the pleasure of talking to Scott Abel for the podcast Coffee and Content. If you weren’t able to make the talk, you can Register at BrightTalk, and they will send you a link you can use to watch a recording when its convenient for you. From Coffee and Content: Navigate the complexities of using Markdown in large-scale technical documentation projects with insights from Matt Briggs. In this episode of Coffee and Content, Matt will delve into the inherent challenges that arise when Docs-as-Code practices meet expansive tech doc requirements. ...

September 21, 2025 · 2 min · Matt Briggs

The Writer and the Machine

The blank page remains empty until a writer begins to write. A word processor is a virtual page with a blinking cursor, waiting for the writer to begin. Google is a box with a cursor: Do you feel lucky? ChatGPT is another kind of page, an interface waiting for the writer’s input: Ask it anything. A writer may use a prompt, on paper or on a screen, to begin writing. A sentence emerges from the subconscious, from the interior monologue. We have been taught that a sentence is a complete thought, and the writer builds thought upon thought, sentence upon sentence. ...

August 4, 2025 · 5 min · Matt Briggs