-97
do we need documentation in the age of AI? (self.programming)
submitted 1 month ago by to c/programming@programming.dev
70 comments fedilink hide all child comments
 

recently I gave AI a task to configure a software and the software didn't have any docs of how it works only the source code. the agent went through all the files and generated a summary of how it works and why it's not working for my particular scenario and suggested edits to my docker-compose.yml file. I couldn't believe it since the bug was very hard to find and it used headless firefox to find why it wasn't working.

made me realize do we still need documentation of how a software work when a AI can easily explain it?

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] 1 point 3 weeks ago

Maybe you want your wedding website to look different to other people’s?

Unless you're drawing a massive illustration or specifically going with a non-wedding themed wedding, there's only so many variations you're going to end up with.

Dude it’s 2026 not 2024. I know things are changing rapidly but that has been very obviously not true for at least 6 months.

Since this is such a cookie cutter argument, see last week's response about the same thing: https://programming.dev/post/57569685/26396986.

You’re going to be shocked.

I'm constantly shocked at the bad code I get from other using the latest models. See one of my parent comments in the same linked comment, each of the four projects came from people using the latest models.

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent