Make the Docs Your Notepad
As you work on projects, you’ll often find yourself making and keeping notes. These could range from whole step-by-step guides to little snippets. You know that eventually, you’ll be back at this point, and you’ll need this little nugget of knowledge again. I like to encourage people to keep their notes in a public place. In the context of an organisation “public” may just mean internally with others in the engineering team (I don’t literally mean go and post it on X!). You can spend a few more minutes tidying up the note to turn it into a mini “doc” (which is even easier now with AI). Notes are just a manifestation of your knowledge, and this slowly and organically helps you offload your knowledge into a searchable and sharable place. ...