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Discord != Documentation (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
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[-] kr0n@lemmy.ml 14 points 1 year ago

Totally agree, please let the doc be doc, not a chat.

PS: what were the original subtitles of the screenshot? :)

[-] muhyb@programming.dev 11 points 1 year ago
[-] FinalRemix@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago

I just tried asking a question yesterday, and realized there's basically no way to save / bookmark / whatever a specific thing... it's seriously just a fucking chat room.

[-] EddoWagt@feddit.nl 10 points 1 year ago

Yeah it's literally just that. I still have no idea why it's used as some kind of database by so many

[-] iegod@lemm.ee 10 points 1 year ago

It's great for what it's intended for, a gaming voice/text chat server.

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[-] porthos@startrek.website 9 points 1 year ago

Seriously fuck discord

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[-] cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 1 year ago

To be fair, a discord comment from five years ago is still more helpful than Amazon AWS's actual documentation.

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[-] P1r4nha@feddit.de 7 points 1 year ago

I'm not 41 yet, but even if you csn somehow make a chat room app replace the functionality of code documentation or a few simple example code snippets... should you? You're also hosting on GitHub and not on MEGA, even though you could...

[-] MajinBlayze@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Pull requests welcome!!

[-] Squirrel@thelemmy.club 5 points 1 year ago

RTFD, or something like that.

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[-] RoundSparrow@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 year ago

Matrix chat as the core developer hangout I find is similar

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[-] Saigonauticon@voltage.vn 4 points 1 year ago

I'm usually on the documenting side of things. If something like this starts unfolding, I produce text or HTML files anyway, they go on github/lab/whatever, and I wash my hands of what happens next.

In the end I write documentation mostly for myself. When the company can't figure things out over Discord or whatever ephemeral chat interface they use, I get called anyway.

[-] Dirk@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago

> I produce text or HTML files anyway

I do extensive in-code documentation. The compiler discards all comments so I don't worry about commenting my code. Source code is for humans to understand and write anyways.

[-] Saigonauticon@voltage.vn 4 points 1 year ago

Oh, yeah. My source code is like 60% comments by weight (or more). Although I typically produce separate standalone documentation for management or semi-technical staff. You know, people who know enough to possibly break something, but not enough to fix it afterward. I find it useful when trying to train new people too.

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