Annotate: Create walkthrough guides in the style of the Stripe docs
Hi HN! Founder of Annotate here. Annotate lets you create step-by-step code walkthroughs, inspired by Stripe’s documentation (e.g., https://docs.stripe.com/checkout/quickstart) for your technical product. It comes with a React SDK that lets you embed walkthroughs directly in your docs or marketing materials. Check out an example walkthrough on the home page. Why build Annotate? I’ve been in the dev tooling space for the last 5 years and have two main learnings: 1. Developers first look for a quick start guide when exploring a technical product. A great quick start…
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Annotate is a tool for creating step-by-step code walkthroughs modeled after Stripe's documentation style. It includes a React SDK for embedding interactive walkthroughs directly into product documentation and marketing materials. Annotate is designed for technical product teams seeking to improve developer onboarding by providing quick-start guides and practical code examples that reflect real-world usage patterns.
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Hi HN! Founder of Annotate here. Annotate lets you create step-by-step code walkthroughs, inspired by Stripe’s documentation (e.g., https://docs.stripe.com/checkout/quickstart) for your technical product. It comes with a React SDK that lets you embed walkthroughs directly in your docs or marketing materials. Check out an example walkthrough on the home page. Why build Annotate? I’ve been in the dev tooling space for the last 5 years and have two main learnings: 1. Developers first look for a quick start guide when exploring a technical product. A great quick start increase developer adoption. 2. Developers typically prefer code snippets that closely resemble real-world applications over traditional longer-form docs. Annotate helps you solve both above points. Let me know if you have any questions or feedback!
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