--- title: The Surprising Power of Documentation | daily.dev description: Every hour invested into documentation by anyone saves literally x100 productivity hours across the company. Documentation is your secret weapon, the unsung... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/the-surprising-power-of-documentation-ukgkvrhng twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: The Surprising Power of Documentation | daily.dev og:description: Every hour invested into documentation by anyone saves literally x100 productivity hours across the company. Documentation is your secret weapon, the unsung... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/the-surprising-power-of-documentation-ukgkvrhng og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/UKgkvRHNG.png og:image:alt: The Surprising Power of Documentation og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # The Surprising Power of Documentation **[Pointer](https://daily.dev/sources/pointer)** · [@vadimk](https://daily.dev/vadimk) · 13 min read · 16 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Every hour invested into documentation by anyone saves literally x100 productivity hours across the company. Documentation is your secret weapon, the unsung hero of your startup, the gray knight. It eradicates guesswork and reinvention of the wheel. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: --- Tags: [#startup](https://daily.dev/tags/startup), [#leadership](https://daily.dev/tags/leadership), [#entrepreneurship](https://daily.dev/tags/entrepreneurship) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/the-surprising-power-of-documentation-ukgkvrhng) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"The Surprising Power of Documentation","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/the-surprising-power-of-documentation-ukgkvrhng","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/the-surprising-power-of-documentation-ukgkvrhng"},"datePublished":"2023-06-17T00:11:20.312Z","dateModified":"2023-07-20T14:10:56.027Z","description":"Every hour invested into documentation by anyone saves literally x100 productivity hours across the company. Documentation is your secret weapon, the unsung...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/cc7f068110050734f7012464f0abdbdd?_a=AQADKdt","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/cc7f068110050734f7012464f0abdbdd?_a=AQADKdt","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"Pointer","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Vadim","url":"https://daily.dev/vadimk","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--AcPSId8W--/f_auto/v1705937417/avatars/avatar_KUvKIGxcjCb57gACEqH1H","description":"I grow teams, build products and solve problems — occasionally a computer is involved.","interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"EndorseAction"},"userInteractionCount":910}},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/the-surprising-power-of-documentation-ukgkvrhng","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":16},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"startup,leadership,entrepreneurship","timeRequired":"PT13M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Pointer","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/pointer"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"The Surprising Power of Documentation"}]} ```