Documentation Written By The Guy Who Quit Last Week

documentation Technical debt Software development Legacy code Hieroglyphics Knowledge transfer Developer handoff Quitting Tribal knowledge

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Documentation Written By The Guy Who Quit Last Week

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Ah, the ancient art of developer revenge. That guy who said "it's all in the documentation" before quitting? Yeah, he left you hieroglyphics. Nothing says "figure it out yourself" quite like documentation that requires a Rosetta Stone to decipher. The best part? He's probably sipping margaritas somewhere, giggling every time he imagines you staring at his "comprehensive notes" with that thousand-yard debug stare. This is why exit interviews should include a documentation sanity check and why we all secretly fear the phrase "Bob was the only one who understood that system."

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