Docs as Tests: Keeping documentation resilient to product changes with Manny Silva

The Not-Boring Tech Writer · Jul 10, 2025 · 1h 3m · transcript

In this episode, I'm talking with Manny Silva, a technical writer who created the "Docs as Tests" concept name and the open-source tool Doc Detective. We discuss how to automatically test your documentation for accuracy, why customer reports of broken docs are actually failed tests, and practical ways to implement automated documentation testing regardless of your tech stack.

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Manny and I discuss his background as someone who intentionally chose technical writing as a career path, starting with early exposure to computers through his mother's work and developing into roles at Apple, Google…