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by Hamatti 2662 days ago
> However, writing good documentation can be really hard. As the developer, you are, at the same time, the best and worst placed person to document. Best because you know exactly how the software is supposed to work, and worst, because you might miss documenting things that seems obvious to you, but not to the user.

This is an important point! That's why I think it's so valuable to constantly have discussions with the users of your products. Not only to improve the products themselves but the documentation and the on-boarding process.