It's all about documentation

What It Covers

Carmen Widobro discusses documentation best practices, dependency management strategies for React Native projects, and how AI tools transform developer workflows while maintaining human problem-solving skills.

Key Questions Answered

• •Documentation Categories: Use Divio's four-part framework - tutorials, how-to guides, explanations, and references - to structure developer documentation that serves both human readers and LLM consumption effectively.
• •Dependency Management: Separate production dependencies from dev dependencies methodically. Use bleeding edge branches for messy upgrade work, then clean up commit history before creating pull requests for complex updates.
• •AI Context Strategy: Feed LLMs specific documentation and examples rather than relying on training data. Tools like Cursor excel when you reference exact files and provide clear transformation instructions.
• •React Native Upgrades: Use community tools like React Native Upgrade Helper for version migrations and Expo wrappers to simplify platform differences between iOS and Android development environments.
• •Documentation Language: Avoid condescending words like "just," "simply," and "basically" in technical writing. Focus on approachable language that doesn't assume prior knowledge while maintaining technical accuracy.