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This Also Applies To Those Who Write The Algorithm In Plain English

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Using an LLM to look up documentation is like using a sword and fork to eat chicken. Sure, it technically works, but you're bringing medieval weaponry to a task that requires... literally just opening a browser tab. The guy's committed to the bit though, full knight armor and everything. Documentation exists. It's indexed. It's searchable. It doesn't hallucinate that a function takes 4 parameters when it only takes 2. But hey, why read the actual docs when you can ask an AI that was trained on Stack Overflow answers from 2019 and might confidently tell you to use a deprecated method? The title nails it too. Same energy as people who write "loop through the array and find the maximum value" as their solution to a coding challenge. Thanks, I also speak English. Show me the code or show me the door.

True Story That Might Have Happened Today

AI Programming Debugging

4 days ago 158.0K views 0 shares

True Story That Might Have Happened Today

Nothing quite captures that special blend of horror and betrayal like discovering your AI assistant has been creatively interpreting your project requirements. You trusted Copilot to autocomplete your life, and instead it decided to play God with your entire config setup. The quotes around "did" are doing some heavy lifting here—because let's be real, it was definitely you who accepted every single suggestion without reading them. But sure, blame the coworker. That's what they're there for, right? The real kicker? You only found out by reading the documentation. Like some kind of responsible developer . Disgusting.

LPT: Don't Copy Paste AI Slop Without At Least Minimally Understanding What You Are Doing, Guys!

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9 days ago 238.0K views 0 shares

LPT: Don't Copy Paste AI Slop Without At Least Minimally Understanding What You Are Doing, Guys!

So you're feeling adventurous, installing Linux for the first time, everything's going smooth. Then you hit a snag and ask your favorite AI chatbot for help. It confidently spits out some commands, and you—being the trusting soul you are—copy-paste them straight into the CLI without reading. Plot twist: the AI gave you commands for a completely different file system. You just shoved RTFM (Read The Freaking Manual) instructions into a CLI that expected something else entirely. Now your system is toast, Linux won't boot, and you're lying face-down on the pavement wondering where it all went wrong. The moral? AI is like that friend who sounds confident but doesn't actually know what they're talking about. Always skim what you're running, or you'll be reinstalling your OS at 2 AM while questioning your life choices. Fun fact: RTFM exists for a reason, and that reason is preventing exactly this kind of disaster.

Documentation Is More Complex Than Tutorials

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21 days ago 275.6K views 0 shares

Documentation Is More Complex Than Tutorials

When someone tells you to "just read the docs," they're assuming documentation is like a nice tutorial with step-by-step instructions. Reality check: documentation is written by engineers who've already mastered the thing and assume you know what a "monad" is without explanation. The LEGO analogy nails it. You want to attach a simple 1x4 brick to your project. The documentation? It's showing you how that brick can theoretically connect to seventeen different surfaces at impossible angles, none of which are the straightforward "just put it on top" approach you actually need. Bonus points when the docs explain every edge case except the one basic use case that 99% of users need. Thanks, I really needed to know about the deprecated parameter from version 2.3 before learning how to initialize the library.

Read Documentation

Debugging Programming StackOverflow

24 days ago 325.9K views 1 shares

The classic developer time-management paradox strikes again. We'll spend an entire workday stepping through code line by line, adding console.log statements like breadcrumbs, questioning our life choices, and Googling increasingly desperate variations of the same error message—all to avoid spending 5 minutes reading the docs that explicitly explain the solution. It's like we're allergic to documentation until we've exhausted every other option. The debugger becomes our therapist, Stack Overflow becomes our best friend, and the actual documentation sits there gathering digital dust, knowing full well it had the answer all along. The irony? After those 6 hours, we finally check the docs and find the solution in the first paragraph. Classic.

Is It True?

Debugging Programming StackOverflow

25 days ago 146.6K views 0 shares

Look, we all know that one developer who would rather spend their entire afternoon banging their head against the keyboard, sacrificing goats to the debugging gods, and questioning every life choice that led them to this moment... all to avoid spending a measly 5 minutes reading the docs. It's like watching someone try to assemble IKEA furniture without instructions while insisting "I GOT THIS" as everything collapses around them. The documentation literally has the answer RIGHT THERE, but nope! We're too proud, too stubborn, or maybe just allergic to actually RTFM. And honestly? We'll do it again tomorrow.

Read The Forking Manual

Programming StackOverflow Debugging

2 months ago 229.7K views 0 shares

You spend weeks writing documentation. Beautiful, comprehensive docs with examples, edge cases, troubleshooting sections—the whole nine yards. You even add diagrams because you're fancy like that. Then someone opens a ticket asking the exact question answered in the first paragraph of the README. The sad truth? Documentation is like that gym membership everyone has but nobody uses. Developers would rather spend 3 hours debugging, ask on Slack 47 times, and sacrifice a rubber duck to the coding gods than spend 5 minutes reading the docs. It's not that the bridge isn't there—it's that everyone's too busy trying to swim across the river. Pro tip: If you want people to read your docs, hide the solution in a Stack Overflow answer. That they'll find in 0.3 seconds.

Which One Are You

StackOverflow AI Programming

2 months ago 267.8K views 1 shares

Three generations, same circus. New devs think ChatGPT is revolutionary. Old school devs know StackOverflow is the real MVP. Ancient devs? They actually read the documentation—which honestly makes them the most unhinged of the bunch. We've gone from "RTFM" to "copy from SO" to "ask the robot overlord," but the core skill remains unchanged: ctrl+c, ctrl+v, pray it works. The source changes, the desperation doesn't. Fun fact: developers who claim they read documentation are either lying or writing it themselves. There is no third option.

I Have The Power Of Documentation

Programming Webdev StackOverflow Debugging

2 months ago 193.8K views 0 shares

That rare, godlike feeling when you actually take the time to read documentation instead of copy-pasting from Stack Overflow. Suddenly you're not just fixing bugs—you're wielding cosmic power . Your colleagues look at you in awe as you confidently implement features without a single "why the hell is this not working" moment. Of course, this superhero phase lasts approximately 17 minutes before you're back to frantically googling error messages.

The Audacity Of Documentation To Be Useful

Debugging Git Programming Testing

3 months ago 208.3K views 0 shares

Oh look, it's the sacred scroll of knowledge I decided to ignore for the past 4 hours! Nothing quite captures that special feeling of defeat when you finally surrender to reading documentation after waging a heroic but utterly pointless battle against a codebase. The blank stare of realization that all your suffering could have been avoided with a simple 5-minute read. Congratulations, brave warrior - you've just unlocked the ancient developer achievement: "Reading The Manual As Absolute Last Resort."

The Audacity Of Documentation To Be Useful

Debugging Git Programming StackOverflow

3 months ago 252.8K views 0 shares

Oh, the BETRAYAL! There I was, battling code demons for HOURS, sweating through trial and error like I'm diffusing a nuclear bomb, only to finally surrender and open the README—which OBVIOUSLY contained the solution in the first paragraph all along! The sheer AUDACITY of documentation to be useful AFTER I've sacrificed my sanity! Next time I'll just dramatically stare at the README first with the same dead-inside expression instead of pretending I'm too good for instructions. My kingdom for reading documentation BEFORE writing 47 Stack Overflow questions!

Sleep Well You Are Protected

Programming Webdev StackOverflow Debugging

3 months ago 235.1K views 0 shares

OMG, the AUDACITY of this truth bomb! 💣 A brave soldier (labeled "PEOPLE WHO READ DOCS") is literally SACRIFICING THEIR SANITY taking multiple knife wounds while the "VIBE CODERS" sleep peacefully in their blissful ignorance! The documentation martyrs are out here catching grenades with their bare hands while the "just vibing" crowd gets their beauty sleep. The absolute INJUSTICE! Those documentation heroes deserve medals for trudging through endless pages of poorly written API references so the rest of us can just copy-paste from Stack Overflow and call it a day!

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