Someone: “Just read the documentation, it’s all there.” Me: opens documentation Also me: “So… it’s NOT all there.” 😭 The variables are named like ancient riddles, half the functions are deprecated, examples don’t match the current version, and the one thing I actually need is hidden in a GitHub issue from 2017. Documentation is supposed to make things clearer - not send me into an existential crisis wondering if I’m even using the right library. 😅 At this point, we developers have unlocked a new skill: decoding cryptic hieroglyphics disguised as docs. But hey… we still “read the docs.” Eventually. After Stack Overflow. And Reddit. And YouTube tutorials. And 3 cups of coffee. ☕ #CodingHumor #DeveloperLife #ProgrammerProblems #WebDevelopment #SoftwareEngineering #CodeLife #TechCommunity #ReactJS #JavaScript #FrontendDeveloper #BackendDeveloper #Debugging #StackOverflow #ProgrammingMeme #FunnyTechPost #Developers
Lol same here 😅 half the time I end up more confused after reading docs than before.
This reminds me of a time where I needed to build out a feature using a third party API. I needed to use a 2-legged call, and the examples the did have were of 3-legged calls. The support response was just "2-legged calls are easier than 3-legged calls." I am sure they are, given an example. Your docs have no examples.
The real challenge is making documentation both comprehensive and actually maintainable over time
We all face this before 😂 i was thinking about Microsoft documentation 😅 you never found what your looking for 😂😂
literally "auth.js" docs be like. (One of the worst documentation compared with its popularity)
still laughing!!!! 😂
Docs are always okay at best. The best docs is the code imo. Its the source of truth.
So even to qualify for understanding by reading documentation, one needs to know how to raise documentation bugs through JIRA or GitHub etc. ..
idk even i dont understand manythings i still view docs i heard it helps a lot later