Alexander Fashakin
Technical Writer at FerretDB
Kitchener, Ontario, Canada
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Top SchoolAlexander Fashakin is a technical writer and developer advocate with 8 years of experience crafting developer-first documentation, onboarding flows, and content strategies for databases, Kubernetes, Docker, MarTech, and B2B SaaS. Based in Kitchener, Ontario, he rebuilt FerretDB’s docs-as-code ecosystem with Docusaurus, driving over 200% growth in user engagement in three months while also contributing front-end improvements like theme and search configuration. Comfortable shipping code and docs, he blends hands-on React/TypeScript development and Git-based workflows with infrastructure work—documenting Kubernetes PostgreSQL setups, observability stacks, and open-source LLM search pipelines. He’s helped companies like Wordify and ServerTribe translate complex architectures into SEO-optimized, adoption-focused content that moves users from confusion to activation. Known for treating documentation as a growth channel, he focuses on measurable outcomes rather than just words on a page.
8 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree, Computer and Information Technology, Master's degree, Computer and Information Technology at Shenyang Jianzhu UniversityBachelor's degree, Computer Science, Second Class Upper Honors, Bachelor's degree, Computer Science, Second Class Upper Honors at Wesley University of Science and Technology
English, Chinese, French, Yoruba
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Github Skills (12)
docusaurus10
documentation10
front-end-development9
javascript8
react8
website-design7
mongodb6
mongodb-database6
database5
databases5
go4
golang4
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
FerretDB/FerretDB
Sep 2022 - Jan 2023
A truly Open Source MongoDB alternative
Role in this project:
Technical Writer & Front-end Developer
Technical Writer & Front-end DeveloperContributions:495 reviews, 25 commits, 207 PRs in 4 months
Contributions summary:Alexander focused on improving and maintaining the project's documentation website built with Docusaurus. Contributions included updating the documentation structure, adding content for new features, and configuring the website's search functionality and blog section. They also updated the website's UI components and applied theme changes, including dark/light mode logo updates.
golangmongomongodb-databasenodejsdatabase
Fashander/cooju
Jul 2020 - Nov 2022
Contributions:2 reviews, 2 PRs, 3 pushes in 2 years 5 months
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