Christopher Columbus would have never done his famous journey in 1492 without a designed by his predecessors. A spy game to obtain Portuguese maps laid the foundation for the Dutch East India Company, arguably the most expensive company in human history.
Palpable treasures from new lands were important in the short run, but from a longer perspective, it was the knowledge that forged real fortunes. Chasing immediate success, we are often reluctant to commit valuable time and resources to producing and maintaining technical documentation.
In 17th-century terms, we rush to grab gold and spices without plotting our maps which, in turn, could have led us to much more gold and spices.
Developers often assume that others know code just as well as they do and frequently consider technical documentation unnecessary. This mindset risks making the project as complex and incomprehensible to outsiders.
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