Lately, my LinkedIn feed is flooded with posts saying AI is replacing Technical Writers. The logic? “If ChatGPT can code, it can easily write a README file.”
As someone who deals with real codebases, my answer is simple: No, it can’t. People are missing the point of what documentation actually is. AI can understand syntax, but it completely fails at dealing with Institutional Debt.
The Reality of “Jugaad”
Let’s be honest. In the real world, software architecture is rarely perfect. Under tight deadlines, developers don’t write clean code. They deploy quick patches and temporary workarounds — our classic jugaad — just to keep the server alive on a Friday night.
They always say, “I’ll document this next week.” But next week never comes.
