--- title: The best kept secret in open source is hiding in the docs description: An Intuit community architect and DevRel leader argues that documentation teams are the original form of developer relations, and that doc quality often... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/the-best-kept-secret-in-open-source-is-hiding-in-the-docs-mwti7wu3s twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: The best kept secret in open source is hiding in the docs | daily.dev og:description: An Intuit community architect and DevRel leader argues that documentation teams are the original form of developer relations, and that doc quality often... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/the-best-kept-secret-in-open-source-is-hiding-in-the-docs-mwti7wu3s og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/mWTi7wu3S.png og:image:alt: The best kept secret in open source is hiding in the docs og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # The best kept secret in open source is hiding in the docs **[All Things Open](https://daily.dev/sources/allthingsopen)** · 3 min read · 1 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary An Intuit community architect and DevRel leader argues that documentation teams are the original form of developer relations, and that doc quality often predicts whether an open source community survives. She discusses Intuit's underrecognized role as a CNCF contributor, having built and maintained Argo CD (the third most popular CNCF project) and Numaproj, and pushes back on the idea that AI can replace human judgment in curating documentation and open source communities, emphasizing that diverse teams remain essential to building responsible AI. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### Did Intuit contribute Argo CD to the CNCF? Yes, Intuit's team built and maintains Argo CD, which has become the third most popular project in the CNCF. Intuit also maintains Numaproj. Many developers don't realize Intuit plays this significant role in the Kubernetes and CNCF ecosystem, despite widely-used consumer products running on Kubernetes, Argo, and Prometheus underneath. _Following which companies quietly drive CNCF projects like Argo CD helps teams pick dependable tools, a habit daily.dev supports._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [The Universe of Discourse : Documentation is a message in a bottle](https://daily.dev/posts/the-universe-of-discourse-documentation-is-a-message-in-a-bottle-iegyqzvjw) · Planet Haskell · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [It's time to move your docs in the repo](https://daily.dev/posts/it-s-time-to-move-your-docs-in-the-repo-5ncacizen) · Hacker News · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Documentation is Dead. Long Live Documentation.](https://daily.dev/posts/documentation-is-dead-long-live-documentation--coraeufsl) · DevOps.com · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#open-source](https://daily.dev/tags/open-source), [#cncf](https://daily.dev/tags/cncf), [#devrel](https://daily.dev/tags/devrel), [#argocd](https://daily.dev/tags/argocd) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/the-best-kept-secret-in-open-source-is-hiding-in-the-docs-mwti7wu3s) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"The best kept secret in open source is hiding in the docs","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/the-best-kept-secret-in-open-source-is-hiding-in-the-docs-mwti7wu3s","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/the-best-kept-secret-in-open-source-is-hiding-in-the-docs-mwti7wu3s"},"datePublished":"2026-08-20T07:30:52.992Z","dateModified":"2026-09-13T19:20:21.400Z","description":"An Intuit community architect and DevRel leader argues that documentation teams are the original form of developer relations, and that doc quality often...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/a325a4004484f331443ae037ab20f158?_a=AQAEuop","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/a325a4004484f331443ae037ab20f158?_a=AQAEuop","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"All Things Open","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"All Things Open","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--dgFP6zAp--/f_auto/v1720885901/logos/allthingsopen","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/allthingsopen"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/the-best-kept-secret-in-open-source-is-hiding-in-the-docs-mwti7wu3s","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":1},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"open-source,cncf,devrel,argocd","timeRequired":"PT3M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"All Things Open","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/allthingsopen"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"The best kept secret in open source is hiding in the docs"}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"FAQPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/the-best-kept-secret-in-open-source-is-hiding-in-the-docs-mwti7wu3s#faq","mainEntity":[{"@type":"Question","name":"Did Intuit contribute Argo CD to the CNCF?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"Yes, Intuit's team built and maintains Argo CD, which has become the third most popular project in the CNCF. 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