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documentation quality scoring
SHOW HN2017
12points
3comments
#1,602of 2,242 in 2017
Top 72%of 2017 by points
How HN took it
QuietFewer than 5 comments about the project
0 positive, 1 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 2 critical, out of 3 comments about the project.
Idea: 0 for, 2 against
The thread, comment by comment
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positive neutral or mixed critical about another commenter or something else the maker
What HN said
Objections
Scoring questions are odd and irrelevant to real developer helpfulness
From 2 comments
Really irrelevant set of questions to judge your documentation. Nothing about measuring how much your documentation helps developer. Having a SDK doesn't really make it friendly…
codegladiator on HNThis is cool and all, but I got a 25 on my docs thanks to their odd criteria and questions. I think my docs are well above the 'average' docs, but maybe not. Originally, I…
ezekg on HN
Input is manual; cannot paste a docs link for automatic rating
From 1 comment
At first I thought I could paste in a link to my docs but then I realized it was manual so I bailed.
dharness on HN
Pricing is too high for small teams
From 1 comment
This is cool and all, but I got a 25 on my docs thanks to their odd criteria and questions. I think my docs are well above the 'average' docs, but maybe not. Originally, I…
ezekg on HN
Requests
Lower pricing tier
From 1 comment
This is cool and all, but I got a 25 on my docs thanks to their odd criteria and questions. I think my docs are well above the 'average' docs, but maybe not. Originally, I…
ezekg on HN
Alternatives named
Static site hosted on GitHub Pages
From 1 comment
This is cool and all, but I got a 25 on my docs thanks to their odd criteria and questions. I think my docs are well above the 'average' docs, but maybe not. Originally, I…
ezekg on HN