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I’m the total opposite, my documentation is very thorough, my code looks like it was made by a monkey
Like my professor used to say: “Implementation is trivial, a trained ape can do it.”
The trained ape is AI and it works really well.
Hold on i gotta glue my pizza and drink my piss every 24hours before i finish this comment.
(Im joking)
My best READMEs are the ones I write well before I’ve finished the code. The README bears little resemblance to reality, but it’s the easiest to read.
As long as you provide a list of dependencies, you’re cool in my book
Am I the only one who writes the Readme as I add features and do my commits.
Don’t leave your homework until the end and cram away just before it’s due.
Code every other day.
Code. Then review and document.
I also try to maintain my feature list in my Readme. Essentially my roadmap. Work my way down the list and write Code as features are added/updated.
Code is more or less deterministic, communicating with other humans using something like the English language - much harder.
Lots of communication is open ended and up to interpretation especially with things like incorrect grammar usage and/or slang
Take your time, get it as close to right as you can the first go around
I’m the opposite. Wanna join forces?
Definitely!
As long as your documentation doesn’t require anything graphical, then I’m your man.
Nope, nonetheleast. Maybe a screenshot or two.
I’ll send you a DM 👍.
Well, I for one am thankful you lot see so bad at explaining yourselves or I’d be out of a job
Love, the technical writer
This is why my programs don’t come with documentation. If you want to use them, the best I can do is a messy script that “works for me”.
That hit me right in the gut.
I pride myself on writing pretty good technical docs. But there’s always a motivation hurdle at the beginning, that I have to get over.
Them: “Read the docs, this is a mature project!”
The documentation: “Coming soon!”
Me: “It says its coming soon.”
Them: “Its open source, how about you contribute instead of demand?”
Me: “What?”
System notification: “Banned, lol”
This is eerie close to home! Completely illogical answers, yet somehow I’m to blame 🤨…
I think a lot of people are kind of bad at written communication. It’s not an easy skill.
Often at work folks will write twice as many words and clauses as needed. The Hemingway editor ( https://hemingwayapp.com/ ) isn’t perfect, but I recommend they take a look at it.
I do both well but it never ends. 😟
I’m the opposite. I will write literally a book of poetry for the tiniest feature to justify my pay raise at the end of the year.
