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923 points zh2408 | 1 comments | 19 Apr 25 21:04 UTC | HN request time: 0s | 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 ...
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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.

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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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1. oblio ◴[20 Apr 25 19:08 UTC] No.43745807{3}[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 :-)