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2026-07-29 12:13
Good Documentation Explains the Decision, Not Just the Code
A pattern I’ve seen many times in software projects is that documentation starts too late and documents the wrong thing.
A team ships a feature, the code works, the tests pass, and everyone moves on. Maybe someone adds a README section, maybe not. If they do, it usually explains how to run something, how to call an endpoint, or what a component does. That kind of documentation is useful, but it o...
