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Yep. I realised the same. No one reads docs, or goes through tests. Either ways it's easy to write useless tests. And easy to write useless docs. Idt most even
by porridgeraisin 6mo ago
Yep. I realised the same. No one reads docs, or goes through tests. Either ways it's easy to write useless tests. And easy to write useless docs. Idt most even read the code. Now the difference is that it has become possible to write useless code.
So it's just the fact that others have already gone through the motions before I did. That's it really. I suppose in commercial settings, this is even more true and perhaps extends to compliance.
- matkoniecz 6mo ago> No one reads docs, or goes through tests. I regularly do both when trying to use library, especially unfamiliar to me.
- porridgeraisin 6mo agoDare I say you're in the minority
- tovej 6mo agoI hope not. How else are you learning to use the library? The only other option is to read the source, which is also a good idea eventually, if something is unclear, but why would you _start_ there?
- matkoniecz 6mo agoAsk LLM.
- tovej 6mo agoBad idea. But even in that case, you're reading the documentation. Just through a nondeterministic, hallucinating search engine.
- matkoniecz 6mo agoMaybe, but still a counterexample.
- jbxntuehineoh 6mo ago> No one reads docs sooo uhh how do _you_ learn how to use a new library? just throw random shit at the wall until something sticks?