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The whole "yeah, just have a conversation" thing bugs me a lot. I like talking, and having conversations. It's rarely enough. The information needs to be wri
by mgkimsal 4y ago
The whole "yeah, just have a conversation" thing bugs me a lot. I like talking, and having conversations. It's rarely enough. The information needs to be written down (or codified in tests or whatever). Future people won't have the luxury of a conversation with whoever originally wrote something. Conversations aren't indexable. Conversations lose nuance, memories fade or get jumbled. Have your conversation, then document/diagram it afterwards.
- cratermoon 4y agoPlus, conversations are synchronous. If it's just one person explaining to another, it's no so bad. But what if that person needs to explain it to five or ten people? Do you have multiple 1:1 conversations or try to schedule a meeting at a time everyone is available?
- gjadi 4y agoAnd it's like talking about code and coding. Once you start writing you find all^W a lot of assumptions/hypotheses you made implicitly or even flaws in your reasoning. Writing is nature's way of letting you know how sloppy your thinking is.