I don’t know who the author is, but what professional says things like, “We all hate writing documentation”? It sounds like a TV show representation of a “programmer”. (Badges? Readmes? Really?) Is it just in the BSD community where we’ve grown up to accept (and love) that documentation is a vital part of any tool?
Yeah, the author seems to have a very strange model of how to develop software in his head. I browsed around the site a bit and it’s all the way down the “programmers as interchangeable idiots who should do as they’re told” path.
Ah, yes it is. If it is on GitHub for example, anyone can use it, modify it, contribute to it. They can even add some of the stuff the author talks about, readmes, documentation and comments. They can submit bugs and suggestions, they can work on features or fixes. “Just” putting it up is often good enough.
Agreed, I regularly send patches against README and docs for things that I use, as I’m learning how to use them. It’s just good manners to take your newly acquired knowledge and help others with it. Doubly so if you find something in the documentation that doesn’t exist in the executable.
I don’t know who the author is, but what professional says things like, “We all hate writing documentation”? It sounds like a TV show representation of a “programmer”. (Badges? Readmes? Really?) Is it just in the BSD community where we’ve grown up to accept (and love) that documentation is a vital part of any tool?
Yeah, the author seems to have a very strange model of how to develop software in his head. I browsed around the site a bit and it’s all the way down the “programmers as interchangeable idiots who should do as they’re told” path.
This guy again… In the past I’ve wondered if it was satire. If not, he’s like a caricature of a person.
Ah, yes it is. If it is on GitHub for example, anyone can use it, modify it, contribute to it. They can even add some of the stuff the author talks about, readmes, documentation and comments. They can submit bugs and suggestions, they can work on features or fixes. “Just” putting it up is often good enough.
Agreed, I regularly send patches against README and docs for things that I use, as I’m learning how to use them. It’s just good manners to take your newly acquired knowledge and help others with it. Doubly so if you find something in the documentation that doesn’t exist in the executable.