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So, are wikis currently out of fashion in Software development/internal documentation? I don’t see many wikis that are really suitable for this, and none that

by new299 7y ago

So, are wikis currently out of fashion in Software development/internal documentation? I don’t see many wikis that are really suitable for this, and none that have widespread adoption. Does everybody just throw stuff in Slack and hope they can find it with the search function?

kristofferR 7y ago
I'd say tools like Notion [1] have brought wikis more into fashion for internal documentation than ever. [1] https://www.notion.so/ https://www.notion.so/
- new299 7y ago
  Interesting, but I’ve never heard of it and didn’t come across it when I was looking for wiki/Evernote alternatives a few months back. I guess I’ll have to look into it. Couldn’t quite see how it differs from Evernote (which in my few has a lot of features missing which teams might need).
mch82 7y ago
Microsoft recently switched developer docs from MediaWiki (Wikipedia’s engine) to GitHub hosted static sites. I’m interested how that will influence things. I’ve experimented with both wikis and GitLab Pages hosted static sites with large technical teams (hundreds of contributors). The WYSIWYG editing of MediaWiki still gives it an edge, especially for teams with non-software disciplines. MediaWiki also has various features for “gardening” wiki content.
Falkon1313 7y ago
Dokuwiki is still around. A lot of companies are using things like Confluence or other integrated SAAS wikis.