Actual problems of documentation of source codes developed IT product and the ways of their solutions

This article is devoted to the issues of documenting source codes. The text presents two points of view regarding the use of the documentation procedure during the development of the IT-product. On the one hand, the authors give arguments in favor of the need to apply the documentation procedure, and justify the advantages of using it. On the other hand, problems encountered in the way of the developer are considered. For the identified problems, the article attempts to suggest ways to eliminate them.