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# Throwback Thursday: February 5, 2026
- URL: https://nolongerset.com/throwback-thursday-2026-02-05/
- Published: 2026-02-06T01:04:05.000Z
- Updated: 2026-05-08T12:48:22.000Z
- Description: In today's edition of Throwback Thursday, we revisit my article on Documentation-First Development--an increasingly useful concept in the age of AI-assisted development.
- Author: Mike Wolfe
- Tags: Throwback Thursday, #Import 2026-05-20 02:59

*With over a million words scattered across more than 1,500 articles on this blog, you've probably missed a few things here.*

*That’s why each week in "Throwback Thursday," we’ll revisit some standout posts. Expect a blend of my personal favorites, insightful articles from other great minds, and a touch of coding humor to keep things light.*

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## Highlights from NoLongerSet.com

I've been doing a lot of AI-assisted development lately (primarily with Claude Code). In that context, **documentation-first development** has both lower costs (the AI can generate the documentation easily) and greater benefits (the documentation serves as a human and machine-readable "spec" to guide the code generation process). When I get back to writing more original content, I will explore this concept in greater depth.

[Documentation-First DevelopmentThe act of writing end-user documentation before software development offers a host of surprising benefits.![](https://nolongerset.com/content/images/size/w256h256/2020/09/NLS_Icon_square.png)No Longer SetMike Wolfe![](https://nolongerset.com/content/images/2023/05/Documentation-First-Development.jpeg)](https://nolongerset.com/documentation-first-development/)

## Developer Humor

> [itsNotExactlyWhatItSeemsLikeWithOldTech](https://www.reddit.com/r/ProgrammerHumor/comments/1qv5jkg/itsnotexactlywhatitseemslikewitholdtech/)  
> by [u/memejathara](https://www.reddit.com/user/memejathara/) in [ProgrammerHumor](https://www.reddit.com/r/ProgrammerHumor/) 

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