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Wow, thanks for your thoughtful response, you've helped me realize I already have it rather good by comparison. Eg we already have a designated One Source Of Tr
by click170 12y ago
Wow, thanks for your thoughtful response, you've helped me realize I already have it rather good by comparison. Eg we already have a designated One Source Of Truth for documentation.
Having been a coder I do understand that documentation is just something else to maintain. And this is a sentiment I hear from many people in development. Read the code is a common response.
As someone who shares part of the on call rotation though, I've grown to see it differently. While that documentation is extra overhead to maintain, having that documentation ready will save me from having to call you at 3AM when your project breaks in production and your documentation was written without consideration for on call. When this happens, I have no choice and you're getting woken up at 3am. I've found that when cast in this light, I have yet to meet a developer who wasn't eager to avoid that early morning phone call.
Thank you for your comment, its good to know the color of the grass on the other side of the fence sometimes :)