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I'm not sure about that. For whatever reason, I've noticed that my brain has a hard time holding onto ideas from LLM-written documentation. Maybe because LLMs g

I'm not sure about that. For whatever reason, I've noticed that my brain has a hard time holding onto ideas from LLM-written documentation. Maybe because LLMs generate the mathematically lowest-energy thing that they can. I'd take poor grammar and interesting ideas over clear grammar devoid of real content any day of the week.

x2tyfi 1y ago
That’s understandable - the rule of “garbage in, garbage out” certainly still applies. I find that many engineers are capable of gathering the right requirements and content, but struggle with the polish/finish that makes docs more consumable - where LLMs can shine.
CharlesW 1y ago
Assuming that your ability to remember the content isn't a result of differences in the substance of the content, in my experience the stylistic issue can be addressed with thoughtful training/prompting and lots of Do/Don't examples. It helps if your technical writers already adhere to a voice/tone guide, which can be pretty easily adapted/extended for automated documentation generation. If one doesn't exist, you'll definitely want to create that first. Some good examples: Google: https://developers.google.com/style https://developers.google.com/style IBM: https://ptgmedia.pearsoncmg.com/images/9780132101301/samplepages/0132101300.pdf https://ptgmedia.pearsoncmg.com/images/9780132101301/samplep... Microsoft: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/style-guide/welcome/ https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/style-guide/welcome/ Red Hat: https://stylepedia.net/style/ https://stylepedia.net/style/