Alex Gekas
Technical writer  ·  API & developer documentation

Portfolio of technical writing samples

Independent documentation projects and rewrites of public docs: API references, tutorials, explainers and style guides. Each sample opens with a short brief on its audience, tools and what it demonstrates.

Samples by job type

Each sample opens with a short brief: audience, tools, what it shows
API reference
NWS API reference
A developer-focused rewrite of a large public API, organized by use case.
Backend developers and API integrators
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API docs set
Task API documentation
Setup, authentication, reference and troubleshooting for a REST API.
Backend developers and API integrators
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Developer tutorial
Build a custom WooCommerce order status with customer emails
A plugin that adds an “Awaiting Review” status, admin actions and a customer email.
WordPress and WooCommerce developers
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Integration tutorial
Slack webhook integration
Sending application alerts into Slack, step by step.
Developers and DevOps engineers
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Explainer
GeoJSON explainer
A plain-language introduction to a technical data format.
Product managers and data analysts
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How I work

I follow the Google developer documentation style guide, structure content with the Diátaxis framework, lint with Vale and publish with MkDocs Material. I write in Markdown, work in Git and test every procedure before it goes out.