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Drift – Linter for Documentation Rot

Drift – Linter for Documentation Rot

by keturakis·Mar 26, 2026·2 points·0 comments

AI Analysis

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AST-level symbol anchoring beats text-matching for catching stale docs in CI.

Strengths
  • Symbol-level AST anchoring tracks specific functions, not entire files
  • Git SHA provenance records when docs were last reviewed against code
  • Tree-sitter parsing catches structural changes, not just text edits
Weaknesses
  • Narrow audience: only teams writing markdown specs alongside code
  • Doc tests and snippet embedders already solve parts of this problem
Target Audience

Engineering teams who maintain technical documentation alongside code

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