> And if'n they don't? What should the disrespected reader of the future do, not use the non-concise form?

Sure, the reader should still use what's there.

I thought we were discussing the best ways for a team to structure its codebases and processes for comprehension, not how to survive in the face of bad techniques.

> They've always been cool like that, good docs have always been rare and precious

Yeah, that's certainly true.

I feel like it's gotten worse since the grand LLM invasion, but maybe I'm off-base.