No Docs, No Software
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My experience tells me that very few devs read the docs. In-editor hints and early feedback seem to much more effective.
I suppose the counter claim would be, "but when they don't read the docs and ask, you can shoot them a link to some required reading." That's a decent positive feedback loop.
Docs are great. But are they THAT GREAT? I don't know.
> are they THAT GREAT?
98%!
> very few devs read the docs
You sure about that? We all have anecdotal evidence about the squeaky-wheel devs who make their lack of reading obvious. Using them as evidence for “devs dont read” is eerily close to (if not precisely) argumentum ad ignorantiam.
I 100% do not buy the “they don’t read“ trope.
I similarly bring anecdotal evidence only.