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-# Technical Articles
+# Technical articles list (deprecated)
 
-[Technical Articles](../development/writing_documentation.md#technical-articles) are
+[Technical articles](../development/writing_documentation.md#technical-articles) are
 topic-related documentation, written with an user-friendly approach and language, aiming
 to provide the community with guidance on specific processes to achieve certain objectives.
 
-They are written by members of the GitLab Team and by
-[Community Writers](https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/product/technical-writing/community-writers/).
+The list of technical articles was [deprecated](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues/41138) in favor of having them linked from their topic-related documentation:
 
-Part of the articles listed below link to the [GitLab Blog](https://about.gitlab.com/blog/),
-where they were originally published.
-
-## GitLab Pages
-
-Learn how to deploy a static website with [GitLab Pages](../user/project/pages/index.md#getting-started):
-
-| Article title | Category | Publishing date |
-| :------------ | :------: | --------------: |
-| **Series: GitLab Pages from A to Z:** |
-| [- Part 1: Static sites and GitLab Pages domains](../user/project/pages/getting_started_part_one.md)| User guide | 2017-02-22 |
-| [- Part 2: Quick start guide - Setting up GitLab Pages](../user/project/pages/getting_started_part_two.md)| User guide | 2017-02-22 |
-| [- Part 3: Setting Up Custom Domains - DNS Records and SSL/TLS Certificates](../user/project/pages/getting_started_part_three.md)| User guide | 2017-02-22 |
-| [- Part 4: Creating and tweaking `.gitlab-ci.yml` for GitLab Pages](../user/project/pages/getting_started_part_four.md)| User guide | 2017-02-22 |
-| [Setting up GitLab Pages with CloudFlare Certificates](https://about.gitlab.com/2017/02/07/setting-up-gitlab-pages-with-cloudflare-certificates/) | Tutorial | 2017-02-07 |
-| [Building a new GitLab Docs site with Nanoc, GitLab CI, and GitLab Pages](https://about.gitlab.com/2016/12/07/building-a-new-gitlab-docs-site-with-nanoc-gitlab-ci-and-gitlab-pages/) | Tutorial | 2016-12-07 |
-| [Publish Code Coverage Report with GitLab Pages](https://about.gitlab.com/2016/11/03/publish-code-coverage-report-with-gitlab-pages/) | Tutorial | 2016-11-03 |
-| [GitLab CI: Deployment & Environments](https://about.gitlab.com/2016/08/26/ci-deployment-and-environments/) | Tutorial | 2016-08-26 |
-| [Posting to your GitLab Pages blog from iOS](https://about.gitlab.com/2016/08/19/posting-to-your-gitlab-pages-blog-from-ios/) | Tutorial | 2016-08-19 |
-| **Series: Static Site Generator:** |
-| [- Part 1: Dynamic vs Static Websites](https://about.gitlab.com/2016/06/03/ssg-overview-gitlab-pages-part-1-dynamic-x-static/) | Tutorial | 2016-06-03 |
-| [- Part 2: Modern Static Site Generators](https://about.gitlab.com/2016/06/10/ssg-overview-gitlab-pages-part-2/) | Tutorial | 2016-06-10 |
-| [- Part 3: Build any SSG site with GitLab Pages](https://about.gitlab.com/2016/06/17/ssg-overview-gitlab-pages-part-3-examples-ci/) | Tutorial | 2016-06-17 |
-| [Securing your GitLab Pages with TLS and Let's Encrypt](https://about.gitlab.com/2016/04/11/tutorial-securing-your-gitlab-pages-with-tls-and-letsencrypt/) | Tutorial | 2016-04-11 |
-| [Hosting on GitLab.com with GitLab Pages](https://about.gitlab.com/2016/04/07/gitlab-pages-setup/) | Tutorial | 2016-04-07 |
-
-## Install and maintain GitLab
-
-[Admin](../README.md#administrator-documentation), [install](../install/README.md),
-upgrade, integrate, migrate to GitLab:
-
-| Article title | Category | Publishing date |
-| :------------ | :------: | --------------: |
-| [Video Tutorial: Idea to Production on Google Container Engine (GKE)](https://about.gitlab.com/2017/01/23/video-tutorial-idea-to-production-on-google-container-engine-gke/) | Tutorial | 2017-01-23 |
-| [How to Setup a GitLab Instance on Microsoft Azure](https://about.gitlab.com/2016/07/13/how-to-setup-a-gitlab-instance-on-microsoft-azure/) | Tutorial | 2016-07-13 |
-| [Getting started with GitLab and DigitalOcean](https://about.gitlab.com/2016/04/27/getting-started-with-gitlab-and-digitalocean/) | Tutorial | 2016-04-27 |
-
-## Software development
-
-Explore the best of GitLab's software development's capabilities:
-
-| Article title | Category | Publishing date |
-| :------------ | :------: | --------------: |
-| [Making CI Easier with GitLab](https://about.gitlab.com/2017/07/13/making-ci-easier-with-gitlab/) | Concepts | 2017-07-13 |
-| [From 2/3 of the Self-Hosted Git Market, to the Next-Generation CI System, to Auto DevOps](https://about.gitlab.com/2017/06/29/whats-next-for-gitlab-ci/)| Concepts | 2017-06-29 |
-| [Fast and Natural Continuous Integration with GitLab CI](https://about.gitlab.com/2017/05/22/fast-and-natural-continuous-integration-with-gitlab-ci/) | Concepts | 2017-05-22 |
-| [Demo: Auto-Deploy from GitLab to an OpenShift Container Cluster](https://about.gitlab.com/2017/05/16/devops-containers-gitlab-openshift/) | Technical overview | 2017-05-16 |
-| [Demo: GitLab Service Desk](https://about.gitlab.com/2017/05/09/demo-service-desk/) | Feature highlight | 2017-05-09 |
-| [Demo: Mapping Work Versus Time, With Burndown Charts](https://about.gitlab.com/2017/04/25/mapping-work-to-do-versus-time-with-burndown-charts/) | Feature highlight | 2017-04-25 |
-| [Demo: Cloud Native Development with GitLab](https://about.gitlab.com/2017/04/18/cloud-native-demo/) | Feature highlight | 2017-04-18 |
-| [Demo:  Mastering Code Review With GitLab](https://about.gitlab.com/2017/03/17/demo-mastering-code-review-with-gitlab/) | Feature highlight | 2017-03-17 |
-| [In 13 minutes from Kubernetes to a complete application development tool](https://about.gitlab.com/2016/11/14/idea-to-production/) | Technical overview | 2016-11-14 |
-| [GitLab Workflow, an Overview](https://about.gitlab.com/2016/10/25/gitlab-workflow-an-overview/) | Technical overview | 2016-10-25 |
-| [Trends in Version Control Land: Microservices](https://about.gitlab.com/2016/08/16/trends-in-version-control-land-microservices/) | Concepts | 2016-08-16 |
-| [Continuous Integration, Delivery, and Deployment with GitLab](https://about.gitlab.com/2016/08/05/continuous-integration-delivery-and-deployment-with-gitlab/) | Concepts | 2016-08-05 |
-| [Trends in Version Control Land: Innersourcing](https://about.gitlab.com/2016/07/07/trends-version-control-innersourcing/) | Concepts | 2016-07-07 |
-| [Tutorial: It's all connected in GitLab](https://about.gitlab.com/2016/03/08/gitlab-tutorial-its-all-connected/) | Technical overview | 2016-03-08 |
-
-## Technologies
-
-| Article title | Category | Publishing date |
-| :------------ | :------: | --------------: |
-| [Why we are not leaving the cloud](https://about.gitlab.com/2017/03/02/why-we-are-not-leaving-the-cloud/) | Concepts | 2017-03-02 |
-| [Why We Chose Vue.js](https://about.gitlab.com/2016/10/20/why-we-chose-vue/) | Concepts | 2016-10-20 |
-| [Markdown Kramdown Tips & Tricks](https://about.gitlab.com/2016/07/19/markdown-kramdown-tips-and-tricks/) | Technical overview | 2016-07-19 |
+- [Git](../topics/git/index.md)
+- [GitLab administrator](../administration/index.md)
+- [GitLab CI/CD](../ci/README.md)
+- [GitLab Pages](../user/project/pages/index.md)
+- [Install GitLab](../install/README.md)