The Need for a Knowledge Base

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The Start of a Development Culture: ‘Transparent Information Sharing’ and ‘Building a Knowledge Base’

I believe that the most crucial elements for creating a healthy development culture are transparent information sharing and systematic knowledge base construction.

In the past, a developer’s personal know-how and technical knowledge were considered their competitive edge and uniqueness. Due to this, there wasn’t much of an atmosphere that encouraged easy teaching or sharing. I have also worked in such an environment.

However, today, the pace of technological change has accelerated significantly. Information that was useful a few years ago can quickly become outdated within a year or two. In such an environment, it holds much more value to share, organize, and accumulate information rather than just protecting it.

Documenting what you know and organizing it into an easily accessible knowledge base to share with team members.

Through this process, knowledge no longer remains an individual’s possession but becomes an asset of the team. As this asset continues to accumulate, it naturally enhances the team’s competitiveness and establishes itself as a culture.

I always place great importance on documenting and systematizing information, making it easy for anyone to find and utilize.

When these habits accumulate, the entire team’s learning speed increases, onboarding of new members becomes smoother, and the speed of problem-solving also improves.

Therefore, I believe that the core and beginning of a development culture is

transparently sharing information and organizing it into a knowledge base to create a foundation for everyone’s growth.