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Discussion on: 3 Essential Components of Great Documentation

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Eli Bierman

I think the problem is that devs write docs the way they understand it.

Totally! Thanks for pointing that out. Writing documentation requires a shift in perspective and some detachment from the internal implementation of the code. Even the documentation links I included I think all suffer from this issue.

I wish developers would be more open to inviting other people into the documentation process. The best documentation can only be written by involving people that don't have an intimate familiarity with the codebase. Ideally the terminology used in the code itself reflects the way users actually talk about the concepts involved.

I hope you find a #nicedoc some day!

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Cat

You just gave me a brilliant idea. Brb brainstorming.

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Eli Bierman

Excited to see what you come up with :)