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Been following this for the longest time. Unreal.

Looks great! How do I try it out?

Yes we agree! We are actually releasing a new guide with an updated UI and UX without VS Code soon :). Stay tuned!

Thanks! What were you thoughts on the demo?

Thank you!

Thanks! Especially for open source projects, I find it difficult to submit a meaningful contribution quickly since I don't really understand the codebase.

Ah, that makes a lot of sense. We're actually redoing the UI/UX so that the Hyperdocs are easier to navigate, so we'll be posting a guide with the new interface soon! Thanks for the feedback!

Great idea! I was thinking the same thing. We're going to try and make the UI/UX a lot better and post a new guide soon.

Hey Ethan,

I'd like to learn more about why so we can improve and make the experience better. What specifically didn't you like about the interface? Was it hard to use or was it UI related?

Hi HN,

We found that it was difficult for people who wanted to contribute to open source to actually start contributing since searching and finding relevant existing documentation related to the code itself was tough (which is important for new contributors, since they don't really know the codebase).

We built Hyperdoc, a documentation tool to help solve this problem and used it to write a code walkthrough guide for the popular open source software Moment.js to show how it works.

You can use the links in Hyperdoc to step through the guide.

If you want to contribute to Moment.js and you found this guide useful/insightful, we'd love to hear about it. Also, if you want to see a guide like this for one of your favourite open source projects or have any feedback, please shoot us an email at hello(at)gethyperdoc(dot)com.

Hi HN,

We built documentation in the form of a code walkthrough for the popular open source software Moment.js (Parse, validate, manipulate, and display dates and times in JavaScript.)

Use the links to step through the guide!

Any feedback would be greatly appreciated!

I'm actually currently working on something in the documentation space that will benefit both companies and open source projects. Would love to chat with you further! Shoot me an email if you're interested. (li.eric00 at gmail)

Hey there, I'm actually currently working on something in the documentation space that will benefit both companies and open source projects.

Would love to chat with you further! Shoot me an email over if you're interested at li.eric00@gmail.com