`Documentation Rot` is what happens when your documentation _was_ good at one point, but either it wasn't updated along with the software, or some critical dependencies called for in the documentation are no longer maintained. It's potentially the fallout of failing to [[Maintaining Intentional Designs]]. It's basically a software-specific term for out-of-date documentation. **** # More ## Source - https://elviejo79.github.io/mkdocs/doc_rot/ - Also some source a long time ago about the benefits of [[Diagrams as Code]] ## Related