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Writing the GitLab book: part 1

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Date Published
Author
Jeroen van Baarsen
Word Count
471
Company Posts That Month
9
Language
English
Hacker News Points
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No
Summary

The series of blog articles chronicles the author's unexpected journey of writing a book about GitLab for PacktPub.com's Cookbook series, detailing the initial surprise of being approached by editor Vinay, the encouragement from his girlfriend, and the process with the publisher. Initially hesitant due to his background as a developer rather than a writer, the author overcame his doubts and began outlining chapters that included topics like installation, managing users, and GitLab CI. The blog post describes the challenges of estimating the book's length and the support received from the publisher throughout the process, including the use of a service called Signable for contract signing. The author intends to share further insights into the writing process in subsequent articles, encouraging readers to purchase the book for a deeper understanding of GitLab's functionalities.

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