31 March 2023 - software manual

Jay Scott : Daily Whale : archive : 2023 : 31 March 2023

Why to Write Documentation

Few people will ever be able to operate your text-based software, no matter what the demand. The bad news is, now you will be forced to write a complete manual for it anyway. How else can a chatbot operate it?

clue:

Well, by being shown examples. But documentation is more likely to be thorough. It may be quite a wait before the chatbot can figure out usage by reading the code.

give me a clue so sweet and true