Consider using sphinx-autoapi

[bouweandela]

sphinx-autoapi is a faster alternative to autodoc which does not require installing all the dependencies just to build the documentation. This would greatly speed up our readthedocs builds.

[valeriupredoi]

feel free to assign me to this bud, I'll have a looksee at getting us this, whenever the God of Time Spent on a Million Other Things will allow for mercy (ie time) 😁