Documentation Doesn't Accumulate Knowledge
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It accumulates evidence. I used to believe something that now feels obvious. If we documented enough, understanding would take care of itself. Write the ADR. Keep the runbook up to date. Record the incident. Update the architecture diagram. Future engineers would have everything they needed. I don't think that's true anymore. The day I read everything I was trying to understand a service I hadn't worked on before. The documentation looked excellent. There was an ADR explaining the original…
1Key Takeaways
- I used to believe something that now feels obvious.
- If we documented enough, understanding would take care of itself.
- Future engineers would have everything they needed.
- The day I read everything I was trying to understand a service I hadn't worked on before.
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