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There is a limited time available. The root comment was getting success with other means. Adding good documentation would have costed much more time. That might
by nicce 2y ago
There is a limited time available. The root comment was getting success with other means. Adding good documentation would have costed much more time. That might have made their projects less successful in this case.
- worik 2y ago> Adding good documentation would have costed much more time That is the problem Not that it is true, it is not, for many reasons. It is a problem that is believed
- bdangubic 2y agocosted more = it would take time. you have magic ways in which good documentation can be created without any time at all allocated to the effort?
- Tainnor 2y agoThe cheapest time to add documentation is when you have the information in your head because you just worked on it. Nobody is demanding an essay for every method, but just write down what went through your head when you implemented weird hack #17 or found out that the API you're calling does something surprising.
- nicce 2y agoThe main challenge is that you would need to write the documentation for a person who might have never used this particular software before. The information that is in your head might be nonsense for this person, and there is chance that it is not reducing the time it takes to understand in a meaningful way.