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923 points zh2408 | 4 comments | 19 Apr 25 21:04 UTC | HN request time: 0.875s | source

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amelius ◴[20 Apr 25 13:33 UTC] No.43743668[source]▶

I've said this a few times on HN: why don't we use LLMs to generate documentation? But then came the naysayers ...

1. runeks ◴[20 Apr 25 16:28 UTC] No.43744780[source]▶

Useful documentation explains why the code does what it does. Ie. why is this code there?

An LLM can't magically figure out your motivation behind doing something a certain way.

2. johnnyyyy ◴[20 Apr 25 17:23 UTC] No.43745102[source]▶

Are you implying that only the creator of the code can write documentation?

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3. oblio ◴[20 Apr 25 19:08 UTC] No.43745807[source]▶

No, they're saying that LLMs (and really, most other humans) can't really write the best documentation.

Frankly, most documentation is useless fluff. LLMs will be able to write a ton of that for sure :-)

4. bonzini ◴[21 Apr 25 06:21 UTC] No.43748933[source]▶

Tell it the why of the API and ask it to write individual function and class docs then.

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