How the tech industry’s dirty secret costs (and how to fix it)
Three years ago, I committed a perfect crime. I wrote a beautiful, efficient code which solved an important production problem. Last week, I spent six hours to engineer my job, “What is this stupid written?” Until the culprit was revealed on the gut charges: I.
Welcome to the cruel contradiction of documents – we hate writing it unless we need it. The average developer spends 20 % of his time understanding the non -documentary code, yet we keep repeating the same cycle as the programmers are trapped in an unlimited loop.
Software documents are not boring – this is the most destructive art form in tech. Every quickly written comment and half -prepared redemation is a secret love letter to our future. But unlike the paintings of ancient cave, our digital hiring pose a unique threat: entrepreneurial in the age.
Consider the Life Cycle of Common Project Documents:
