Example: treating internal docs as a product

Internal documentation as something you iterate on—owners, feedback loops, and retirement of stale pages.

11 March 2026 · Archive

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Internal docs rot faster than code because nobody owns the delete button. Treat documentation like a product surface: someone is accountable, and users can report friction.

Minimum viable doc ops

  • Owner on each top-level area; ownership rotates on a known schedule.
  • “Last verified” date on runbooks and setup guides.
  • A simple feedback path (issue template or inline comment) that routes to the owner.

When a page confuses two newcomers in a row, rewrite or merge it. Duplication is a smell that the information model is unclear.