API The Docs Podcast

API The Docs Podcast

API The Docs

Episodes 61
Avg. Duration 32m
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Apple Rating 5.0 (1)
Since Apr 2020
Latest Episode Mar 2026

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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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Recent Episodes

The Ambient AI Future - conversation with Tashfeen Mahmud

Mar 06, 2026 32m

Tashfeen 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 where technical writers…

Streamline release notes: balance AI and human oversight

Nov 25, 2025 35m

Senior 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 and GitHub. Next plans…

Beyond Access Control: Model-Context Protocol Paradigm

Oct 21, 2025 36m

API 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 to API strategy. We…

State of the Docs 2025: Insights from GitBook - Discussion with Addison Schultz

Jul 14, 2025 28m

We 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 its performance. We…

How AI Impacts Technical Writing Workflows - Discussion with Anila Zaidi and Marco Spinello

Jun 16, 2025 56m

Welcome 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 Marco Spinello, Senior…

Documentation by humans for humans - Discussion with Polina Zaichkina and Max Clayton Clowes

Jul 18, 2024 43m

How 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 change.  In this episode…

From Inconsistent to Award-winning Docs - Conversation with Naomi Pentrel & Andrew Feierabend

Jul 08, 2024 50m

In 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 users in…

The Secret Sauce of Developer Programs: A Conversation with Byrne Reese

Jun 27, 2024 56m

Byrne 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 guide to build a…

Teaching and Learning Git - Discussion with Anna Skoulikari

Apr 29, 2024 27m

When 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, Anna Skoulikari…

Install ways to check on the overall health of the portal - Conversation with Rachel Lee Nabors

Apr 09, 2024 25m

"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 […] a culture of…

React.dev and storyboarding with Rachel Lee Nabors

Apr 09, 2024 23m

"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 feeling […] There's a…

On the management track - conversation with Claire Waters

Mar 28, 2024 44m

Drawing 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 as a team, and how…

The zen of resilience - Discussion with Dan Grabski

Mar 22, 2024 49m

You 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 fire incident…

Writing with humans in mind - Discussion with Ryan Young

Mar 13, 2024 36m

Technical writers walk a tricky tightrope between delivering accurate technical information and making it comprehensible for a wide range of users with varying levels of technical experience. In this…

DevPortal Awards Jury Interview - Special Edition Part 4

Mar 01, 2024 16m

How 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 (Certified Professional in…

DevPortal Awards Jury Interview - Special Edition Part 3

Feb 16, 2024 22m

The 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 with the help of…

DevPortal Awards Jury Interview - Special Edition Part 2

Feb 16, 2024 28m

The 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 with the help of…

DevPortal Awards Jury Interview - Special Edition Part 1

Feb 16, 2024 18m

The 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 with the help of…

Harnessing the power of customer success - Discussion with Charlie Edwards

Feb 02, 2024 36m

Connected to both customers and internal teams, customer success is a powerful source of valuable information throughout the entire feedback loop. In this episode, Charlie Edwards (Customer Success…

Building empathy with a beginner’s mindset - Discussion with Adrienne Braganza Tacke

Jan 18, 2024 49m

Adopting 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, Adrienne Braganza Tacke…

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