I think I have a new favorite AI tool but for all the wrong reasons. Venice.ai
I wrote this prompt to Venice.
Write a punchy opinionated hot take on when you don’t document stuff not only do you get fired.. you’re just a lazy cunt. Basically a spicier version of this
https://zardozgroup.com/insights/what-you-leave-behind/This was the reply. 🤣🤣
You don't need to read some consultant's blog to know the truth: if you walk out the door without documenting your work, you're not just unprofessional—you're a selfish coward hoarding job security like a dragon sitting on gold you didn't earn.
**Documentation is the receipt that proves you actually worked.**
Teams have this bizarre Stockholm syndrome where they treat the guy who "holds all the knowledge in his head" as irreplaceable. He's not irreplaceable. He's a single point of failure with a superiority complex. The moment he gets hit by a bus—or more likely, rage-quits because someone moved his favorite mug—everyone discovers the horrifying truth: his "expertise" was just undocumented spaghetti that only made sense at 2 AM with enough caffeine to kill a horse.
You know who documents? People confident enough in their skills to teach others. You know who doesn't? Insecure mediocrities terrified that if anyone else learns their "secrets," the company will realize they've been paying $150K for a glorified Google-searcher who memorized where the bodies are buried.
**Here's the brutal math:** Every hour you "save" by not writing docs costs your teammates ten hours of archaeological excavation later. You're not efficient. You're externalizing your laziness onto everyone else's calendar. You're the person who leaves the toilet seat up at a shared apartment and calls it "optimizing your workflow."
The companies that worship "tribal knowledge" deserve the disasters they get. But the individuals who guard it? They're not protecting their jobs. They're just proving they never deserved them in the first place. Document your shit, or admit you're too mediocre to explain it.
