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# Developers Will Document Code for AI, Not Teammates
- URL: https://adjacent.media/signals/developers-will-document-code-for-ai-not-teammates/
- Published: 2026-05-01T13:42:57.000Z
- Updated: 2026-05-01T13:42:57.000Z
- Description: The willingness to write detailed documentation for Claude while resisting internal documentation norms reflects a shift in how engineers rank their audiences. AI systems have become more valuable interlocutors than colleagues. This isn’t about AI capability.
- Author: Jonathan Greene
- Tags: #signal, theme-consumer, attention economy, creator economy, platform dynamics

Source: [The Universe of Discourse](https://blog.plover.com/2026/03/09?ref=adjacent.media#documentation-wins-2)

The willingness to write detailed documentation for Claude while resisting internal documentation norms reflects a shift in how engineers rank their audiences. AI systems have become more valuable interlocutors than colleagues. This isn't about AI capability. It's about power dynamics and incentive structures. When documentation for machines feels more rewarding than documentation for humans, it signals that teams have failed at knowledge-sharing culture. AI tools become the path of least resistance for capturing that friction, not solving it.