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[–] nullPointer@programming.dev 52 points 1 month ago (3 children)

IF there is documentation, IF it is even covered in documentation, IF documentation is using the sameish keywords, IF documentation is accurate and IF documentation is up to date.

[–] onlinepersona@programming.dev 7 points 1 month ago (2 children)
[–] Gonzako@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] communist@lemmy.frozeninferno.xyz 13 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I recently switched and the documentation is both extremely necessary (no other distro is even a little similar to setup) and TERRIBLE

[–] Gonzako@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

I'll be honest. I just followed a video tutorial

[–] KindaABigDyl@programming.dev 1 points 1 month ago

I mean, it's fine. And if you can't find something the NixOS subreddit is usually pretty helpful

[–] Steve@startrek.website 4 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Looking at you, Texas Instruments

[–] KindaABigDyl@programming.dev 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

Bro what? TI has like... the best docs. What are you talking about? They have the Microsoft C# docs of the semiconductor world. Clear examples, every little detail, well organized. Darn near perfect example of what to do

[–] Croquette@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 month ago

Not really. I haven't worked with a TI mcu for a while so I can't talk about their mcu docs, but their sections describing data exchanges between the IC and your mcu usually has a lot of ambiguity that needs to be clarified through trial and error.

[–] ulterno@programming.dev 0 points 1 month ago

People tend to say this about everything. I read someone's about Qt Documentation and that is after having learnt to do with Qt in 1 month using solely the Qt Creator's F1, that I took over 3 months with STL.

[–] fibojoly@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 month ago

I see this is not your first rodeo!