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1. palmot+(OP)[view] [source] 2026-02-02 23:21:12
> creating documentation

How is an AI supposed to create documentation, except the most useless box-ticking kind? It only sees the existing implementation, so the best it can do is describe what you can already see (maybe with some stupid guesses added in).

IMHO, if you're going to use AI to "write documentation," that's disposable text and not for distribution. Let the next guy generate his own, and he'll be under no illusions about where the text he's reading came from.

If you're going to write documentation to distribute, you had better type out words from your own damn mind based on your own damn understanding with your own damn hands. Sure, use an LLM to help understand something, but if you personally don't understand, you're in no position to document anything.

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2. dehugg+0l3[view] [source] 2026-02-03 20:06:16
>>palmot+(OP)
Whats with this assumption that there's no human involvement? I dont just say "hey scan this 2m loc repo and give me some docs'... that would be insane. T

he AI is there to do the easy part; scan a giant spaghetti bowl and label each noodle. The humans job is to attach descriptions to those noodles.

Sometimes I forget that people on this site simply assume the worst in any given situation.

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