Hello Worlding
+ + home ++ Code documentation is a rich and diverse practice, with a variety of forms and + formats suited to specific occasions and needs. However, these different + publishing surfaces are affected by several problems, such as a general + unappealing and unwelcoming tone, dense and gendered language, and a massive + amount of energy, resources and time required for maintenance. These critical + aspects highlight how problematic the supposed "nature" of code documentation + is. A nature that instead of creating entry points, essentially gatekeeps access + to programming knowledge. +
++ There is another way in, however. Because of its proximity to the code and its + ongoing relationships with programmers, code documentation can be a backdoor + into communities gathered around coding, to open up more entry points from + within. Code documentation can be used to orient software in the world, + operating at different scales and in several ways, working with both technical + and social frameworks. It can retrace genealogies to activate exhausted + technical terms. It can influence technical implementations by representing the + needs of marginalised minorities. It can be a moment of collective learning, + challenging traditional reproduction of knowledge, and creating safe spaces for + anyone to participate to code. +
++ Hello Worlding is a network of pathways to walk through different ways to read, + write and think with code documentation. Each pathway explores a particular + approach or method to use documentation to create worlds around code: + questioning entry points and opening backdoors to the making of software. +
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