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I'd be careful about relying on "updated" dates too heavily. As a professional technical writer, I've seen that some people bump the "updated" timestamp for any
by kaycebasques 6y ago
I'd be careful about relying on "updated" dates too heavily. As a professional technical writer, I've seen that some people bump the "updated" timestamp for any update, no matter how small. At other times it's bumped automatically by the build system. I think the best practice is to only bump the timestamp for substantial updates, or to use an explicit changelog at the bottom of the doc. But that practice isn't standardized across docs sites.
- corytheboyd 6y agoThat’s a good point to call out, thanks! There is so much involved in being a “defensive reader” heh
- olnluis 6y agoI encounter this "article update" problem a lot with Java blogs... Baeldung instantly comes to mind. Every article I find there was last updated on 2020, but don't seem to have actually changed.