I spent this time polishing up the software/hardware documentation, renaming registers to be more meaningful. This was actually time well spent in my life.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Miner reflects positively on time spent improving documentation and code organization.
- In plain terms
- He felt good about fixing documentation and renaming registers.
- What can you take from it?
- Investing time in documentation and clarity yields long-term value.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What maintenance tasks feel wasted until later?
- How do you justify technical debt cleanup?
Another view
Documentation is often deprioritized despite its utility.
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