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Documentation Considered (Increasingly) Harmful
- al2o3cr 1y agoOf course, we are not there yet. The models still make mistakes. Biggest mistake was publishing this fact-free hype-slop.
- albanie 1y agoAuthor here. I infer you didn't like the article, but thanks for reading and engaging.
- BillyTheMage 1y agoJust another "AI is here so why bother" argument. Also, there's a lot more to good documentation than just explaining what the code does.
- albanie 1y agoAuthor here. Thanks for engaging. I think there's something particular about documentation & its role as a cache that makes it particularly amenable to replacement. Documentation often gets out of sync, reflects outdated assumptions, etc.