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The Four Kinds of Documentation: Daniele Procida's Diátaxis

PyCon AU · Talk · 31 min · 2017 · YouTube title: What nobody tells you about documentation
Why it's here

HN recommends it as the best concise introduction to a practical framework for structuring documentation, the basis of what became Diataxis.

What it covers

Daniele Procida's PyCon AU 2017 talk presents a system that divides documentation into four kinds, usually drawn as four quadrants. He explains why mixing them makes docs poor and how separating them improves writing.