Evolve or Dissolve

Should We Start Using AI Tools or Continue Traditional Documentation Methods?

This is the question you need to ask yourself.

How are we still relevant in an industry experiencing rapid AI evolution?

That’s because LLMs are only as good as:

“Garbage in, Garbage Out.”

They don’t understand the audience, the pain points, or have any context of the product being documented.

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So What Does This Mean for You?

Should you continue with traditional documentation methods?
Not entirely.

Let AI automate repetitive, low-value tasks, so you can focus on high-value work.

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What Are High-Value Tasks?

These include:

• Developing innovative ideas
• Improving workflows
• Collaborating with developers and stakeholders

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But I’m a Technical Writer. I’ve Done Documentation All My Life.

How Can I Learn All These New Things?

So you don’t want to evolve or grow?
Are you letting experience be a foundation or a comfort zone?

Many industry veterans with decades of experience still continue to learn and adapt.
Why?
Because there’s always room for growth and new skills.

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Ok, I will start learning now…

This is a fictional dialogue inspired by a real-world scenario of me talking to my inner self —more like Swami Nityananda’s words:

“Me resides in this as Me, as Me is residing in all of that as Me, so that Me, through this Me, is talking to Me.”

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My Real Journey

I used to do my documentation on Google Docs because that’s what was offered by the company. Over time, it started getting on my nerves due to the variety of documentation types I was handling.

Then, the company began encouraging the use of LLMs.

So, I went above and beyond to make the best use of AI in my daily work.

I know only 0.00000000000000000000001% about AI,
but even that was enough to boost my productivity.

Now imagine if that number reaches just a hundred.

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What Changed?

I began leveraging the prompt engineering knowledge I gained over the months:

• Implemented Docusaurus
• Adopted OpenAPI
• Introduced Docs-as-Code framework

Whenever PMs asked me to draft documents for external stakeholders,I used Gemini (pre-integrated in GSuite) with my prompt engineering skills
to structure content and refine weak sections.

Another win:
I discovered the OpenAPI bundling process, which helped extend specs to clients with minimal changes — only a few additional params.

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These are just a few examples of what I brought to the table as a technical writer equipped with AI skills.

Now place yourself in my shoes.
What could YOU achieve?

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Without AI, I would still be busy formatting PM documents.
My growth would’ve been stagnant.

LLMs freed up my time and allowed me to focus on strategy, visibility, and high-value contributions.

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So the Real Question:

Would you rather dissolve or evolve?

Visibility lies in the latter…

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Bonus

This article is AI-generated —but you can run it through any AI detection tool and it’ll say:
“Human-generated.”

That’s a skill on its own.