Anne Gentle
Software Engineer at CiscoDevNet
Austin, Texas, United States
Summary
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SeniorAnne Gentle is a technical writing and developer experience leader with over a decade of experience designing docs-as-code workflows and improving API developer journeys at companies like Cisco, Rackspace, and Pismo. She combines hands-on contributions to prominent open-source projects (notably maintaining and improving OpenStack manuals) with managerial chops—building governance for API quality across dozens of products and leading developer advocacy and documentation teams. Anne’s work spans authoring a practical book and site on docs-as-code, running CI-driven content pipelines, and writing API automation scripts in Python to make examples reliable and reproducible. Based in Austin, she brings a researcher’s curiosity (learner, input) and an arranger’s focus to reduce friction for developers building on cloud and networking APIs.
10 years of coding experience
Github Skills (14)
api-documentation10
rest-api10
rs10
openstack10
restructuredtext10
python10
python-requests10
http-request10
documentation10
command-line9
cli9
command-line-interface9
cl9
cisco7
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
CiscoDevNet/dne-dna-code
Apr 2018 - Oct 2021
Provides code examples for DevNet Test Drive Catalyst (DNA) series
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:23 commits, 2 PRs, 18 branches in 3 years 7 months
Contributions summary:Anne contributed to the repository by adding and updating Python scripts that interact with APIs, specifically focusing on the Cisco DevNet Test Drive Catalyst (DNA) series. Their work involved creating a script to interact with the Deck of Cards API, updating the authentication calls for the DNAC API, and modifying scripts for CMX and Webex integrations. The user also addressed code quality by incorporating spell checks and adapting to Python 3.
devnet-expressdnaexpressdevnetlearning-labs
openstack/openstack-manuals
Apr 2016 - Feb 2017
OpenStack Manuals. Mirror of code maintained at opendev.org.
Role in this project:Technical Writer
Technical WriterContributions:28 commits in 10 months
Contributions summary:Anne primarily contributed to the project by updating and improving the OpenStack documentation. Their commits focused on enhancing the contributor guide, adding details about API documentation, and providing instructions for various tasks, including API migration, build processes, and the use of CLI tools. These updates included information on service naming, versions, and releases related to API reference documentation, alongside fixes to links and updates to the error pages.
manualsopendevopenstack
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