Re:Ask HN: What are your favorite developer-efficiency tips?
by owl57 on Sunday May 10, 2020 @05:42PM
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> I don't think co-workers would appreciate an essay with exhibits at the top of a file, lol.
Why? I don't really have an experience of being a co-worker, but I have always appreciated such essays in free software.
If I need to, I also use Monodraw to produce ASCII character graphs and add them to the comment to explain concepts.
It helps to cement the solution in your brain and it's a system of record on how it was accomplished in case you forget.
I do this only for personal projects though. I don't think co-workers would appreciate an essay with exhibits at the top of a file, lol.