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A good Quickstart gets a developer to a working result in under 90 seconds. If yours has a "prerequisites" section longer than the actual steps, it's not a Quickstart. It's an obstacle course. Learn more in our latest blog : dokly.co/blog/how-to-bu…

Quietly shipped this week: sub-300ms TTFB on most doc sites with the new ISR setup. The kind of work users feel without ever knowing why.

"Our public docs are on Notion." Translation: nobody who Googles your product will find them, and the ones who do will leave before page 2.

Your docs tool's onboarding tells you what its team thinks "easy" means. If step 1 is "clone our starter repo," they think your time is worth less than theirs.

Spinning up a docs site shouldn't take a sprint planning meeting. 60-second walkthrough: subdomain → branded → first MDX page live. youtu.be/uZrVvC1by2Q

Building a docs tool is weird. Your competitors have raised millions. They sponsor every conference. You're just trying to make something useful at a fair price. $49/mo instead of $300/mo. Same output. That's the pitch. Simple as that.

New comparison: Knowledge base software in 2026 We looked at pricing, features, and what you actually get. Spoiler: Most tools are overpriced for what they deliver. dokly.co/blog/knowledge…

Quick MDX tip: Use collapsible sections for optional content. <Accordion title="Advanced Configuration"> Content most users don't need... </Accordion> Keeps docs scannable. Power users can expand.

Honest question for docs writers: What makes you choose one documentation tool over another? - Price? - Features? - Brand/trust? - Recommendation from someone you know? Trying to understand how people actually decide.

Documentation tip that takes devs too long to learn: Write for the user who's frustrated at 11pm trying to ship a feature. Not the user casually browsing your docs. Urgency-first docs get read. Reference docs get skimmed.

Honest take: Mintlify has beautiful defaults. Worth $300/mo if you're funded. But if you're bootstrapped, that's 6 months of Dokly.co Pro. Same MDX. Same components. Same result. Different bank account at the end of the year.

Mintlify raised prices from $180 to $300/month. Their response to complaints? "We're worth it." Cool. We'll be over here at $49/month with the same features. Some of us remember what "indie-friendly" means. Checkout Dokly.co

Mintlify pricing: Free → $300/month That's not a pricing tier. That's a cliff. We built Dokly to fill the gap. $15/mo gets you custom domains. $49/mo gets you everything. Same quality docs. 6x cheaper.

Archbee charges per seat. Mintlify charges $300/mo. So you're either paying for butts in chairs or paying enterprise prices for a 3-person team. Dokly: $49/mo. Unlimited pages. No per-seat nonsense. Your docs budget shouldn't scale with headcount.

If you're pre-revenue and paying $300/month for docs, we need to talk. That's: - 6 months of Dokly Pro - 20 months of Dokly Starter - Your entire marketing budget Ship the same quality docs. Keep your runway. dokly.co

The #1 mistake in API docs: Showing the request without showing the response. Developers don't just want to know how to call your API. They want to know what they'll get back. Always pair request examples with response examples. Dokly supports API's out of the box.

New on the blog: Why AI agents can't read your docs (and how to fix it) TL;DR: Your docs are built for humans. Agents need structure. Add an llms.txt file. It takes 5 minutes and makes your docs AI-readable. Read more: dokly.co/blog/why-ai-ag…

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Documentation tip: Start every page with what the reader will be able to do after reading it. Not what you'll cover. What they'll accomplish. "By the end of this guide, you'll have a working authentication system." Intent-driven docs get read.