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Github Danithang Technical Documentation Page Ah yes, technical documentation at its finest a lego diagram with arrows pointing to somewhere? the irony of senior devs saying "just read the docs" when the docs themselves are a cryptic puzzle that requires three phds and a decoder ring to understand. I particularly like it when the manpage for some application doesn't document shit and just has a link to the documentation online. like, why write a manpage in the first place when it doesn't say anything at all? bonus points if the actual documentation is bad or out of date.
Github Tamarack333 Technical Documentation Technical Documentation About press copyright contact us creators advertise developers terms privacy policy & safety how works test new features nfl sunday ticket © 2025 google llc. The documentation is always like those lego instructions that skip 17 critical steps and suddenly expect you to have built a quantum computer. and yet they'll look at you like you're the problem when you can't magically deduce what goes in between. It's more fun to dive right in to see how it works and then to check the documentation later to see why it didn't work. documentation is like cheating on a puzzle. it's part of the mystery to get new and cryptic errors!. Ah yes, the classic "read the documentation" advice that leads to whatever the hell this is. the documentation shows lego pieces connecting in physically impossible ways with these confident red arrows pointing at what can only be described as a violation of the laws of physics.
Technical Documentation Page Pdf Html Computer Programming It's more fun to dive right in to see how it works and then to check the documentation later to see why it didn't work. documentation is like cheating on a puzzle. it's part of the mystery to get new and cryptic errors!. Ah yes, the classic "read the documentation" advice that leads to whatever the hell this is. the documentation shows lego pieces connecting in physically impossible ways with these confident red arrows pointing at what can only be described as a violation of the laws of physics. I always try to get people looking at my code and documentation for the first time to open a teams chat window and write stream of consciousness questions that come up to me. In short, i'm reading docs because i want to know what steps are involved and what the final product might look like—without investing too much time and resources upfront or reinventing the wheel. When your operating system manual casually transitions from "having children" to "watching your children die" in the process management section, you know you're dealing with some dark humor. the meme brilliantly plays on the parallel between human relationships and computer processes. 3.6m subscribers in the programmerhumor community. for anything funny related to programming and software development.
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