Chris Cressman
Technical Writer at Workarea
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Summary
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RockstarChris Cressman is a technical writer with 12 years of experience based in Philadelphia, currently shaping product documentation at Workarea. He combines hands-on engineering familiarity with clear communication, evidenced by contributions to the high-profile Elastic Kibana codebase where he updated and corrected documentation links for Enterprise Search and Serverless search clients. Comfortable navigating codebases and evolving documentation structures, Chris ensures documentation remains accurate as projects migrate and APIs change. His background as a developer-informed writer lets him bridge engineering and product teams to produce reliable, developer-friendly docs that reduce friction for adopters.
12 years of coding experience
Github Skills (15)
text-search10
elasticsearch10
elasticsearchquery10
web-search10
aws-elasticsearch10
metasearch10
documentation10
searching10
elasticsearch-api10
amazon-elasticsearch10
serverless9
typescripts8
javascript8
typescript8
typescript-types8
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
elastic/kibana
Aug 2020 - Sep 2022
Your window into the Elastic Stack
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:62 reviews, 8 commits, 30 PRs in 2 years
Contributions summary:Chris primarily focused on updating documentation links within the Kibana codebase, specifically related to Enterprise Search and Serverless search functionality. These updates involved correcting URLs and aligning them with the evolving documentation structure, including migrating documentation to new locations and fixing links to correct serverless client references. These changes involved modifying files related to documentation links across the codebase, ensuring accurate references.
elasticdashboardskibanaobservabilitywindow
chriscressman/kibana
May 2020 - Oct 2023
Your window into the Elastic Stack
Contributions:13 pushes, 23 branches in 3 years 5 months
elastickibanawindowfilebeatelasticsearch
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