Femtosecond CompanyField guide to industriesNo. 05.05

Industries / Technology & Software / Developer Tools

Developer Tools

Developers read the docs first. Build those first.

The short version

Dev tool sites are evaluated in minutes by people who skip marketing. We build docs-first sites with a fast install path and a homepage that shows code, not claims.

§ 1

What’s broken

  • The homepage hides the install command below three paragraphs.
  • Docs are a different site with a different nav.
  • Examples are stale and copy buttons are missing.
§ 2

What we build

  • Code-first homepages Install, example, output. Then the story.
  • Docs systems Versioned, searchable, with runnable examples and API references generated from source.
  • Community and changelog Releases, roadmap and discussion linked properly.
§ 3

Three things you could walk away with

  1. A developer tool website and docs One design system, one nav, deploys from your repo.
  2. An interactive playground Run the tool in the browser from the homepage.
  3. A brand identity for a tool Logo, type and rules that work in a terminal and a README.

NoteWant to click around a working one first? Try the CRM we built as a demo: pipeline, contacts, invoices and booking, with sample data.

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