Video killed the RAD star

We value "working software over comprehensive documentation". Who wouldn't?

These days, the greatest drag to my Rapid Application Development, or RAD, (doesn't that have a nice 1990s ring to it?) is the suggestion that I have to make a video to go with the software. It was always hard work updating documentation when a program changed. But that used to mean checking some text and updating the screenshots. At least the manual stopped being a printed thing about ten years ago.

Now I have to re-record the whole video walkthrough for a process. There's so much to think about - screen size, how much time to record, and worst of all what voice-over to add. It's quick to make a bad video. Unfortunately it takes a whole morning to make a poor one.

So this post comes without links to my videos. If I close my eyes, might they all go away?