Tony Bedford
Senior Technical Writer at Quix
Swindon, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolTony Bedford is a Senior Technical Writer with 11 years focused on developer-facing documentation, currently shaping Quix's developer docs from Swindon, UK. He has built documentation teams, roadmaps and toolchains from the ground up—most notably leading Ably's award-winning developer portal and establishing style guides, information architecture, and publishing workflows. Comfortable in code and specs, he edits OpenAPI/OAS3, writes example code in JavaScript and Python, and evaluates API tooling like Redoc, Stoplight and SwaggerHub. His background spans cloud communications (Vonage/Nexmo), enterprise and HPC tooling (Oracle, Allinea/Arm, Alfresco), and earlier hands-on engineering roles that give him strong technical empathy. He also spends time on freelance development and maintains personal projects and writing publicly on GitHub and his blog, reflecting a practical, maker-oriented approach to docs. Known for turning complex APIs into usable developer experiences, he combines editorial craft with deep tooling and API testing experience.
11 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
MSc (Distinction), Information Systems Engineering, MSc (Distinction), Information Systems Engineering at London South Bank UniversityBachelor of Science - BSc (Hons), Electronic Engineering, Honours, Bachelor of Science - BSc (Hons), Electronic Engineering, Honours at University of Brighton
Github Skills (136)
realtime10
messaging10
python10
api-client10
authentication10
text-to-speech10
sms10
text-message10
speech10
stream-processing10
client-library10
verify10
voice10
api10
realtime-api10
Programming languages (15)
Github contributions (5)
tbedford/Notes
Sep 2017 - Nov 2023
Contributions:135 pushes, 1 branch in 6 years 2 months
ably/open-specs
Feb 2021 - Nov 2022
Descriptions for all Open Specifications available for Ably
Contributions:18 reviews, 103 commits, 42 PRs in 1 year 9 months
specificationtlaablyspecificationsdescriptions
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