Post AHKvWAWJrp7mOuLsaO by anonimno@social.tchncs.de
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 (DIR) Post #A8Nzf2gA5RJMvU7GTo by dvl@mastodon.social
       2021-06-17T18:27:32Z
       
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       I remember asking a team member, in the early 1990s:me: maybe we should document the odd problems we encounter and how we solved them?them: Chances are we'd never encounter that problem again, so what's it worth?Don't underestimate the investment for future you.Many times I have hit a problem and not known how to solve it. Searching the internet, I find an old blog post of mine. Not only have I hit the problem again, I've completely forgotten about solving it previously.1/n
       
 (DIR) Post #A8Nzf47UjIllOXubiq by dvl@mastodon.social
       2021-06-17T18:28:40Z
       
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       Spend a few minutes today to save yourself tomorrow.It's not so much the odd errors, but the reasons for doing something a particular way are vital to understanding the choices. When you, or someone else, looks at the system years later, they wonder: why was that option selected for the function call?A comment solves that.2/2
       
 (DIR) Post #AHKvW8fSkrFYegc9Ym by l33tname@mastodon.social
       2021-06-17T18:31:24Z
       
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       @dvl also writing it down helps you to structure the problem description and solution in a way which can help to fully understand and fix it the first time (at least for me)
       
 (DIR) Post #AHKvW9ZpNIKvTUzAPo by anonimno@social.tchncs.de
       2021-06-17T18:46:41Z
       
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       @l33tname @dvl I started writing stuff systematicaly about a year ago in #orgmode. Was a steep learning curve, but it is lot better then my previous system ... I would send myself E-Mails.
       
 (DIR) Post #AHKvWA2tdDaYveaNiy by dvl@mastodon.social
       2021-06-17T18:48:30Z
       
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       @anonimno @l33tname My blogs started as online notes. I would document what I was doing as I went along. At somepoint, I read what someone else was trying to solve, and copy/pasted my notes to them in an email.Eventually, I started keeping the notes online and just giving people the URL.
       
 (DIR) Post #AHKvWAWJrp7mOuLsaO by anonimno@social.tchncs.de
       2021-06-17T18:51:40Z
       
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       @dvl @l33tname The best feeling is when somebody completely unknown drops you an E-Mail thanking you for a tip he/she found on your blog and it helped them solving the problem they had.