Why We Built a Faster Wiki
The article discusses the development of Raccoon Page, a new wiki designed to address the inefficiencies of existing documentation tools. It highlights the slow performance and poor user experience of traditional wikis, which often lead to underutilization. Raccoon Page aims to provide a fast, user-friendly alternative with features that prioritize speed and ease of content import.
- ▪Raccoon Page was created to solve the problem of slow-loading wikis that hinder documentation access.
- ▪The new wiki offers near-instant page loads and efficient search capabilities, making it user-friendly for all types of users.
- ▪Importing existing content from other platforms like Confluence and Notion is streamlined to encourage adoption.
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try { if(localStorage) { let currentUser = localStorage.getItem('current_user'); if (currentUser) { currentUser = JSON.parse(currentUser); if (currentUser.id === 3896556) { document.getElementById('article-show-container').classList.add('current-user-is-article-author'); } } } } catch (e) { console.error(e); } Felix Raccoono Posted on May 21 Why We Built a Faster Wiki Why We Built a Faster Wiki I first tried to build a wiki in 2010. Working prototype, decent idea, abandoned prematurely. Sixteen years later, the market has barely moved. The tools got heavier, the page loads got slower, and everyone just... accepted it. I didn't accept it. So I built Raccoon Page. The problem nobody fixed Here's what happens in most companies: someone writes documentation. It goes into the wiki.
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