Engineering Documentation vs Minimal Documentation
Developers should learn and use engineering documentation to improve team communication, reduce errors, and facilitate onboarding of new team members, especially in complex or long-term projects meets developers should adopt minimal documentation in agile or fast-paced environments where documentation tends to become outdated quickly, such as in startups, open-source projects, or iterative development cycles. Here's our take.
Engineering Documentation
Developers should learn and use engineering documentation to improve team communication, reduce errors, and facilitate onboarding of new team members, especially in complex or long-term projects
Engineering Documentation
Nice PickDevelopers should learn and use engineering documentation to improve team communication, reduce errors, and facilitate onboarding of new team members, especially in complex or long-term projects
Pros
- +It is critical in regulated industries (e
- +Related to: technical-writing, api-documentation
Cons
- -Specific tradeoffs depend on your use case
Minimal Documentation
Developers should adopt Minimal Documentation in agile or fast-paced environments where documentation tends to become outdated quickly, such as in startups, open-source projects, or iterative development cycles
Pros
- +It is particularly useful for reducing time spent on non-coding tasks and ensuring that documentation aligns with actual code functionality, making it easier for teams to onboard new members or maintain codebases without sifting through irrelevant details
- +Related to: agile-development, code-comments
Cons
- -Specific tradeoffs depend on your use case
The Verdict
Use Engineering Documentation if: You want it is critical in regulated industries (e and can live with specific tradeoffs depend on your use case.
Use Minimal Documentation if: You prioritize it is particularly useful for reducing time spent on non-coding tasks and ensuring that documentation aligns with actual code functionality, making it easier for teams to onboard new members or maintain codebases without sifting through irrelevant details over what Engineering Documentation offers.
Developers should learn and use engineering documentation to improve team communication, reduce errors, and facilitate onboarding of new team members, especially in complex or long-term projects
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