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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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[–] Darohan@lemmy.zip 136 points 3 weeks ago (15 children)

People say "RTFM" then you get to the manual and it's this

[–] RaivoKulli@sopuli.xyz 9 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Another problem is that people skim to the "most important bits" without knowing they're skipping something important. Then some of those people complain how the manual is shit.

I guess it could be shit if it is way too verbose though.

[–] inbeesee@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

Exactly what I was thinking. Like needing to understand a huge preamble just to do the Very Simple Thing. I just want to move on, not marry this Linux command.

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