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Aaron Collier

Originally from Lexington and now residing in Brno, I'm an educator, editor, and elucidator. More about me.

Slashes in Git commands

Published 14 September 2022 in Technology
What the slashes mean in branches for Git commands and why some commands have them and some don't.
git

Reduce, reuse, reward

Published 8 July 2022 in Technology
How not to repeat yourself in your docs in Hugo.
documentation
content

Documenting a Design System

Published 26 January 2022 in Technology
What I learned while documenting the Orbit design system.
documentation
design

Reusing content (with variables) in MDX

Published 20 January 2021 in Technology
How I learned to reuse content in a docs-as-code workflow in MDX.
documentation
content

Changing a git commit message in a public repo

Published 6 November 2020 in Technology
How to change a commit message when you've already pushed it to a public repository in 4 commands.
git
conventional commits

Things I'm proud of

Published 10 October 2019 in Education
Some examples of work by Aaron Collier.
work elsewhere

Seeing your docs through different eyes

Published 16 September 2019 in Education
A look at how to get a new perspective on your documentation by creating reader personas and using them to map experiences with the documentation.
documentation
experience mapping
work elsewhere

How I built and deployed this site

Published 3 June 2019 in Technology
How I built a modern static site at no cost using Gatsby and Kentico Kontent for Content as a Service.
website
static site
content as a service