API The Docs Podcast
by API The Docs
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The Ambient AI Future - conversation with Tashfeen Mahmud
The Ambient AI Future - conversation with Tashfeen Mahmud
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Our guests talk about their insights and experience as documentarians. We bring advice from behind open and closed developer portals, ideas on what new learnings you can aim for, and recent experiments from the field of API documentation.
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- The Ambient AI Future - conversation with Tashfeen Mahmud · 32 minTashfeen Mahmud, senior technical writer at Samsung Research in Canada explains why curiosity is your best defense against technical aversion, and how to prepare for a future…
- Streamline release notes: balance AI and human oversight · 35 minSenior technical writers Gareth Brinn and Lydia Pedersen talk about using GPTs and n8n to automate release notes: scripting, prompt engineering, and synthesizing data from Jira…
- Beyond Access Control: Model-Context Protocol Paradigm · 37 minAPI thought leader Kevin Swiber and Pronovix CEO Kristof Van Tomme join the podcast to explore the Model Context Protocol (MCP) and the emerging governance challenges it presents…
- State of the Docs 2025: Insights from GitBook - Discussion with Addison Schultz · 28 minWe discuss findings from GitBook's "State of the Docs" report (2025), for example that 90% view documentation as crucial for purchases, yet 40% of those interviewed don't track…
- How AI Impacts Technical Writing Workflows - Discussion with Anila Zaidi and Marco Spinello · 56 minWelcome back to the A(P)I The Docs podcast! We’re opening this new chapter with an absolute treat of an episode in which Anila Zaidi, Staff Technical Writer at Squarespace, and…
- Documentation by humans for humans - Discussion with Polina Zaichkina and Max Clayton Clowes · 43 minHow do you get people on board when you shift to a new tool or a new approach? Even if the value proposition is clear, it might be a challenge to create a practice out of the…
- From Inconsistent to Award-winning Docs - Conversation with Naomi Pentrel & Andrew Feierabend · 51 minIn this episode, Naomi Pentrel and Andrew Feierabend share their journey of revamping Viam’s robotics APIs documentation. They discuss the benefits of sitting down with actual…
- The Secret Sauce of Developer Programs: A Conversation with Byrne Reese · 57 minByrne Reese had the opportunity to build a number of developer programs over the years. In this episode, he explains his unique Developer Pyramid framework which he uses as a…
- Teaching and Learning Git - Discussion with Anna Skoulikari · 28 minWhen it comes to learning Git, it can be daunting to navigate the plethora of learning resources out there. Recognising the need for a visually engaging all-levels experience…
- Install ways to check on the overall health of the portal - Conversation with Rachel Lee Nabors · 26 min"Key results are the things you're going to do to move that number. Here's the thing where most people spin out. There should be a break mechanism on the things that you're doing…
- React.dev and storyboarding with Rachel Lee Nabors · 24 min"You can always tell when it's a novice writer or a writer and an artist who are in bad relation because there will be blocks of text everywhere explaining how the character is…
- On the management track - conversation with Claire Waters · 45 minDrawing from her role as a wayfinder, Claire Waters (Senior Manager – Product Content Experience, Cloudflare) shares her team’s using the COIN methodology for embracing AI tools…
- The zen of resilience - Discussion with Dan Grabski · 49 minYou need docs and headspace when a well-oiled system inevitably throws a flat tire. With Dan Grabski we talked from car racing through tech execs mediating at Burning Man, forest…
- Writing with humans in mind - Discussion with Ryan Young · 36 minTechnical writers walk a tricky tightrope between delivering accurate technical information and making it comprehensible for a wide range of users with varying levels of…
- DevPortal Awards Jury Interview - Special Edition Part 4 · 17 minHow can one make their devportal accessible and useful at the same time? What can devportal owners do to support inclusive design? We were honored to ask Susanna Laurin…
- DevPortal Awards Jury Interview - Special Edition Part 3 · 22 minThe API The Docs Podcast brings you a Special Edition series with insights from the 2023 DevPortal Awards. Each year, the DevPortal Awards seeks the most outstanding solutions…
- DevPortal Awards Jury Interview - Special Edition Part 2 · 28 minThe API The Docs Podcast brings you a Special Edition series with insights from the 2023 DevPortal Awards. Each year, the DevPortal Awards seeks the most outstanding solutions…
- DevPortal Awards Jury Interview - Special Edition Part 1 · 19 minThe API The Docs Podcast brings you a Special Edition series with insights from the 2023 DevPortal Awards. Each year, the DevPortal Awards seeks the most outstanding solutions…
- Harnessing the power of customer success - Discussion with Charlie Edwards · 37 minConnected to both customers and internal teams, customer success is a powerful source of valuable information throughout the entire feedback loop. In this episode, Charlie…
- Building empathy with a beginner’s mindset - Discussion with Adrienne Braganza Tacke · 50 minAdopting a beginner’s mindset allows you to explore familiar concepts through a lens of curiosity and openness. But how does that translate to documentation? In this episode…
