Like soup-to-nuts. I know I need to document what I’m doing and I’ve started several times, but then I never go back and make updates. I don’t know if it’s just the ADHD or if I’m just going about it or thinking about it in the wrong way.
So I’m curious about:
- what you use for your documentation
- how you organize it
- what information you include
- how you work documentation into your changes/tinkering flow
Edit: Dang, folks! You all have given me a lot to read through, think about, and explore. Thank you!


Use declarative systems and software, where the configurations files themselves are the documentation. For example, I use Guix and Podman. The entire OS is described in a Scheme file and all the services are described in a YAML file. I just need those two files to get an overview of the entire setup.