Technical writer · Open source documentation lead · Community builder
Ayu Adiati is a
My title says documentation lead. In practice, I merge people into the process as much as I merge pull requests into main branch.
I've contributed to open source for 64 months in a row since June 2021, all in the open (my first contribution was back in 2019). Every claim on this site links to the pull request, the document, or the release it came from — powered by a custom system I built that pulls the open source log straight from GitHub.
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“What started as a handful of contributions during Hacktoberfest turned into her becoming one of our most consistent top monthly contributors - topping the entire community leaderboard with 131 contributions in a single month…”
01 · Index
02 · Currently
Holding 5 active community roles at Mautic, Virtual Coffee, and Open Source Communities.
All roles →Reviewing pull requests as they come in, usually within 1 day, and 69% of them within three days.
The open source log →Tracking 17 approved contributions ready to land, and 47 more waiting on others.
The board →Writing across this site, dev.to, and freeCodeCamp, with 135 pieces so far. The most recent was in September 2026.
All writing →03 · Latest
Mautic's documentation fell behind by entire release versions, until we paired Promptless, an AI tool to update docs, with human review to close the gap. I share how the workflow works, why human review still matters, and how much faster docs move now.
Someone wanted to start contributing to open source but couldn't find good beginner-friendly issues on GitHub. An open call for JavaScript, TypeScript, React, or Next.js projects that welcome new contributors.
I speak three languages. Writing a blog post in a language other than my mother tongue could take me more than four hours. A tight deadline pushed me to try AI to help draft a post based on my ideas, and taught me to use it responsibly.
