TLDR Web Dev · OPINIONS & ADVICE

THE CASE AGAINST DOCUMENTING CODE

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Excessive code documentation can be inefficient, as it requires time and effort to create and maintain, often leading to outdated and irrelevant information. Instead, in-line documentation within code itself should be preferred, and it's possible that LLMs could make documentation much easier to maintain in the future.