Documentation Practices vs Oral Tradition

Developers should learn and apply Documentation Practices to improve code readability, facilitate onboarding of new team members, and support long-term project sustainability meets developers should learn about oral tradition when working on projects involving cultural preservation, indigenous knowledge systems, or community-based storytelling platforms. Here's our take.

Documentation Practices

Nice Pick

Developers should learn and apply Documentation Practices to improve code readability, facilitate onboarding of new team members, and support long-term project sustainability

Pros

• Specific use cases include documenting complex algorithms, API endpoints for external consumers, and deployment procedures to reduce errors and downtime in production environments
• Related to: api-documentation, code-comments

Cons

• Specific tradeoffs depend on your use case

Oral Tradition

Developers should learn about oral tradition when working on projects involving cultural preservation, indigenous knowledge systems, or community-based storytelling platforms

Pros

• It's valuable for designing user interfaces that respect non-literate traditions, creating audio-based applications, or developing systems for intangible cultural heritage documentation
• Related to: storytelling-techniques, cultural-preservation

Cons

• Specific tradeoffs depend on your use case

The Verdict

Use Documentation Practices if: You want specific use cases include documenting complex algorithms, api endpoints for external consumers, and deployment procedures to reduce errors and downtime in production environments and can live with specific tradeoffs depend on your use case.

Use Oral Tradition if: You prioritize it's valuable for designing user interfaces that respect non-literate traditions, creating audio-based applications, or developing systems for intangible cultural heritage documentation over what Documentation Practices offers.

The Bottom Line

Documentation Practices wins

Developers should learn and apply Documentation Practices to improve code readability, facilitate onboarding of new team members, and support long-term project sustainability