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Self documenting systems

Self documenting systems

28 Jan 2025

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When you have a system like NixOS, Nix flakes or infrastructure as code, the code or configuration is verbose and descriptive. It could be seen as basic documentation

Sometimes, documentation can even ensure implementation: api documentation can run implementation tests.


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