Ask HN: Do you read docs, or just skim for shiny syntax? or other? Ignoring AI for a moment... How do (did) you read docs? |
Ask HN: Do you read docs, or just skim for shiny syntax? or other? Ignoring AI for a moment... How do (did) you read docs? |
Most of the time, I skim them to familiarize myself with what they're covering and where they're covering it. Then when I need to clear something up or learn something, I have a clue about where in the docs to look (or to look elsewhere).
However often that happens amid the many misadventures of using the assortment of things that we apply for our daily grind.
I skim, particularly those parts related to configuration or access control. Taking some small pleasure reading well written or genuinely informative parts.
The only time I really read some docs is if I've been stuck on one particular problem for a while.
I suspect that 90% of the time, if it isn't in a codeblock I don't read it.