Deanna ThompsonTechnical writing portfolio for Deanna Thompsonhttps://deanna.dev/Automate changelog generation with standard-versionhttps://deanna.dev/posts/automating-changelogs/https://deanna.dev/posts/automating-changelogs/Learn how to use standard-version to automate changelog generation for your software project.Sat, 12 Mar 2022 00:00:00 GMTBeyond the Docs, Part 1: Building CLIs with Gohttps://deanna.dev/posts/beyond-the-docs-part-one/https://deanna.dev/posts/beyond-the-docs-part-one/The adventures of a CLI wrangler continue.Tue, 05 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTNotes on CLI UXhttps://deanna.dev/posts/cli-ux-notes/https://deanna.dev/posts/cli-ux-notes/Softening validation logic and learning about UX friction in CLIs.Sat, 23 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTBuilding and documenting REST APIs with Django and Swaggerhttps://deanna.dev/posts/django-rest-api/https://deanna.dev/posts/django-rest-api/How to build a coffee-themed API with Django and the Django REST Framework.Fri, 19 Jul 2024 00:00:00 GMTSetting up static sites with Netlify CLI and GitLabhttps://deanna.dev/posts/netlify-static-sites/https://deanna.dev/posts/netlify-static-sites/Discussing how to set up your static site with Netlify's CLI.Tue, 10 Aug 2021 00:00:00 GMTUsing instance templates to install Salt on AWShttps://deanna.dev/posts/salt-instance-templates/https://deanna.dev/posts/salt-instance-templates/How I use instance templates to spin up a small-scale Salt infrastructure on AWS.Tue, 07 May 2024 00:00:00 GMT0.1.0 to 0.4.0: The Bumpy Road to Building SmartDochttps://deanna.dev/posts/smartdoc-0_4_0/https://deanna.dev/posts/smartdoc-0_4_0/The adventures of a CLI wrangler.Tue, 30 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMTBuilding v0.5.0 of SmartDochttps://deanna.dev/posts/smartdoc-0_5_0/https://deanna.dev/posts/smartdoc-0_5_0/Working on refining the tool's functionality.Tue, 17 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMTBuilding SmartDoc: a quality scorer for OAS files (Part 1)https://deanna.dev/posts/smartdoc-part-one/https://deanna.dev/posts/smartdoc-part-one/How I used Python and OpenAI's Response API to build the tool.Tue, 23 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMTBuilding SmartDoc: a quality scorer for OAS files (Part 2)https://deanna.dev/posts/smartdoc-part-two/https://deanna.dev/posts/smartdoc-part-two/How I used Typer to build the CLI.Sat, 27 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMTTesting with Vale: Running Vale (Part 3)https://deanna.dev/posts/vale-part-three/https://deanna.dev/posts/vale-part-three/Learn how to create a Vale configuration file and apply styles to prose.Sun, 14 Jun 2020 00:00:00 GMTTesting with Vale: Configure the Vale CLI (Part 2)https://deanna.dev/posts/vale-part-two/https://deanna.dev/posts/vale-part-two/Learn how to configure Vale for linting.Fri, 29 May 2020 00:00:00 GMTAll about templateshttps://deanna.dev/posts/wtd-2021-recap/https://deanna.dev/posts/wtd-2021-recap/Recapping WTD 2021 and my new work with The Good Docs Project.Wed, 30 Jun 2021 00:00:00 GMT