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How I, a non-developer, read the tutorial you, a developer, wrote for me, a beginner - annie's blog (anniemueller.com)
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[–] otter@lemmy.ca 45 points 4 days ago

This reminds me of the "WHY IS THERE CODE??? MAKE A FUCKING .EXE FILE AND GIVE IT TO ME" post that blew up a while back

https://copypastatext.com/i-am-new-to-github-and-i-have-lots-to-say/

And both boil down to

  • guides can be prioritized more in some projects and it might be in the best interest of the creators to do that

  • different guides are written for different audiences, sometimes a guide isn't meant for the average person