When you’re developing software, it’s easy to focus on new features, bug fixes, and improvements. Documentation usually ends up somewhere on the to-do list—often much lower than it deserves to be.
That’s exactly where I currently am with SCADA.
I know how important good documentation is. Especially for new users, it can make the difference between software that feels intuitive and software that feels overwhelming. Even so, progress has been slower than I’d like.
The reason is actually quite simple: writing documentation takes a lot of time—often much more than expected. Every workflow needs to be prepared, documented, illustrated with screenshots, reviewed, and kept up to date. At the same time, SCADA continues to evolve. By the time one section is finished, the interface or workflow may already have changed.
On top of that, I still haven’t found a documentation workflow that feels truly efficient. Recording videos, creating screenshots, writing guides, editing everything, and publishing it all takes considerably more effort than I originally anticipated.
So I’d like to try something a little different.
If you’d like to learn more about SCADA—whether it’s metadata, adding comics, managing variants, organizing collections, exporting data, or anything else—I’d be happy to connect with you directly.
The easiest way is through Discord:
I’m still learning my way around Discord myself, so why not learn together?
During these sessions, I can explain how specific workflows were originally intended, share the ideas behind individual features, and show you how I personally use SCADA. At the same time, I get valuable real-world feedback from other collectors.
We might even discover that some workflows are more complicated than they need to be—and come up with better solutions together. Conversations like these are often more valuable than any written documentation.
SCADA is still under active development. Many design decisions are naturally influenced by my own collection and the way I collect comics. That’s why I genuinely appreciate different perspectives from other collectors.
So if you’re interested, feel free to join the Discord server—whether you’re already using SCADA, just trying it out, or simply curious about the project.
Maybe these conversations won’t just help improve SCADA—they’ll also help me build the documentation it deserves.