Most teams don’t have a documentation shortage. They have a context shortage.
The average developer spends 20 minutes hunting for context before a one-line change. Their AI pair-programmer spends that same time hallucinating.
I’ve been thinking a lot about what documentation actually needs to become in an AI-assisted world. The answer isn’t “more docs.” It’s not even “AI-generated docs.”
It’s Atomic Context Documentation: smaller, sharper, verified context that stays near the code and helps both humans and AI work on the system safely.
In my new article, I break down:
- Why traditional docs fail the “second reader” (AI)
- From context to results
If you’ve ever watched AI confidently guess wrong about your codebase, this one’s for you.
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