## What
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This pull request updates plan names across most of the Documentation so
they're consistent with our current plan names.
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My original plan was to convert free text to MDX variables so we only
had to make future updates to names in one place. While broadly
successful, there were numerous edge cases that made rolling this out
almost impossible. There were too many ways and places you couldn't use
variables due to a variety of limitations in Docusaurus and Airbyte's
internal MarkDown processor. Explaining how to properly use them made me
realize how prohibitively insufficient this was. In the end, I opted to
return to using free text for plan names.
Scope is now broadly reduced. This PR:
- Converts remaining instances of old plan names to new plan names. In
most cases, I replaced old plan names with new plan names directly. In
some cases, sentences were rewritten to make a bit more sense or be more
maintainable in the future.
- Removes previously added preprocessor variables from Docusaurus
configuration.
- Update Vale styles or various artifacts of content based on linter
findings.
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Spot check updated pages to ensure plan names appear appropriately. It's
probably not necessary to check every single instance in detail.
For Platform docs, changes only apply to the Next/Cloud version. After
merging, I'll regenerate 2.0 docs based on this. 1.8 and before won't be
updated.
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People can see correct plan names in docs content.
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## What
Created CDC best practices guide.
## How
- Created a dedicated CDC sidebar and moved it under `Moving and
Managing Data → Connections and Streams → Sync Modes.`
- Added the new documentation file to both `v1.8` and the new platform
version.
- Updated the sidebar configuration (sidebar.js) to include the new
guide.
## Review guide
Preview:
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## User Impact
None
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Release notes for Airbyte 2.0.
Also:
- Added new terminology to linting allowlist for Vale.
- Added a React component so we can embed YouTube videos.
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## What
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This PR adds Docusaurus admonitions to Vale's ignore list, so they're
never linted for style.
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