Wiki vs Docs-as-Code

Documentation drift - where architecture docs fall out of sync with the actual system - is a frequent complaint teams have about their documentation tooling. The root cause is often the gap between where code lives and where documentation lives. This comparison covers the trade-offs between wiki-based documentation and docs-as-code, and how a model-first approach with knowledge graph traceability can address drift at its source.

Approach Comparison

Detailed comparison of wiki and model-first docs-as-code approaches:

The Documentation Drift Problem

Wiki-based documentation often becomes outdated because:

When to Choose

What Model-First Adds to Docs-as-Code

NeoArc goes beyond traditional docs-as-code (storing Markdown in Git) by adding architectural intelligence:

Making the Transition

Moving from wiki to model-first docs-as-code with NeoArc: