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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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[–] meliaesc@lemmy.world 13 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

The amount of time and skill it takes to write excellent and accessible documentation is just not reasonable for most developers, unless you have dedicated technical writers or it's a personal project without true deadlines.

[–] chicken@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 month ago

So what? It may arguably be not a developer's fault, but it is everyone's problem, given the growing dystopian alternatives to an accessible distributed software ecosystem. A problem can be acknowledged without admitting blame. Happy cake day btw.