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What belongs in README vs wiki vs code comments?
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For What belongs in README vs wiki vs code comments, interviewers listen for a crisp definition, how the pieces interact in a real system, and one trade-off or failure mode you have seen or would guard against.
- README: run locally in 5 minutes
- Wiki/Notion: architecture decisions
- Code comments: why, not what
Stale docs worse than none—date your ADRs.