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Classic perfect/good. The choice is not usually “have humans write amazing top notch documentation, or use an LLM”. The choice is usually “have sparse, incomp
by brookst 7mo ago
Classic perfect/good.
The choice is not usually “have humans write amazing top notch documentation, or use an LLM”.
The choice is usually “have sparse, incomplete, out-of-date documentation… or use an LLM”.
- mort96 7mo agoAnd my claim is that the latter is better.
- brookst 7mo agoCool, so just ignore documentation then. Problem solved for everyone.
- mort96 7mo agoI dont see how that solves anything.
- dare944 7mo agoWe wouldn't have these silly arguments?
- brookst 7mo ago* Projects can focus on code first, and do best-effort on docs for low cost * Most of us get reasonable quality documentation, much better than what some poor developer would turn out in spare moments * You are spared from the outrage of imperfect documentation
- mort96 7mo agoGah hopefully the meaning was clear from context, but I just realized I said "latter" when I meant "former". Inconsistent human documentation is better than miles upon miles of AI-slop documentation.
- systoll 7mo agoGiven that people have access to LLMs themselves, publishing their output in lieu of good documentation (no matter how sparse) seems like it’s mostly downside.