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[–] 100 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (7 children)

I don't understand how devs can be too lazy to write documentation but somehow they'd rather explain the same shit in discord over and over and over and over and over and over

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  • [–] 51 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    The help command is one of the first things I work on in any project. Even if I'm never gonna share it, my future self will appreciate it.

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  • [–] 43 points 2 years ago* (2 children)

    Why is discord so popular in non-gaming circles? People use it as a shitty, bloated and centralized IRC clone, with the voice fuction being completely ignored.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago

    I'm no discord fan but my recent attempts with using IRC failed because I had incorrect reverse dns or some shit like that. Obviously I have no control over that in a consumer connection.

    There are still better alternatives than Discord, though :)

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  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago

    As someone who writes fairly extensive documentation, I can assure you that it doesn’t matter. People will still ask questions in your Discord that are answered in your documentation.

    I’ve learned that you kind of have to strike a balance between being terse enough that people will read it and verbose enough that it’s actually helpful, but there is a minimum number of questions you will always get.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago

    At work, I am one of the few who actually documents. Not only with Doxygen, but I also write real documents regarding all kinds of topics.

    Guess what? "I know you have this documented somewhere, but could you just quickly explain again how this common task works?"

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