Christian Lölkes
Christian Lölkes (*1990 in White Plains, NY) works at DFS, the German air traffic control provider. There, he builds data centres for mission-critical software and infrastructure. Clean code and accurate documentation form the basis of his work. He studied Electrical and Information Technology at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), and in his free time he is passionate about media art and the idea that programming is a creative task and that programmers are therefore also artists.
DFS Deutsche Flugsicherung GmbH
Site Reliability Engineer
Session
This talk will explore how to apply the docs-as-code principles to generate, manage and deliver documentation with the same rigour as software. We will examine how to create maintainable, versioned documentation that can be delivered continuously and scales seamlessly with your infrastructure and applications.
Moving beyond tooling and pipelines, we will explore how concepts from microservices architecture, such as modularity, clear boundaries, ownership and independent deployment, can be applied to documentation. By structuring documentation as loosely coupled, domain-driven components, teams can improve clarity, reduce duplication and allow different documentation areas to evolve independently, just as they would with services.
Finally, we will address a frequently overlooked truth: simply writing documentation does not solve the problem. It must be readable and understandable and designed with its audience in mind.