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Be Aware of the Makefile Effect

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431 points thunderbong | 1 comments | 11 Jan 25 04:13 UTC | HN request time: 0.324s | source
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dave333 ◴[11 Jan 25 17:02 UTC] No.42667178[source]▶
The traditional Unix man page or list of options output with --help is often a firehose of details that most devs will never use. Sometimes there are a few examples shown of common use cases which is a good place to start learning the tool.
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1. sgarland ◴[11 Jan 25 17:08 UTC] No.42667222[source]▶
Sure, but IME even when the tool in question is incredibly well-documented (like Django, or some other popular library), and has plenty of examples, most still don’t read the docs.

I don’t know how to deal with that mentality. I don’t mind showing someone how I came to an answer, but I also expect them to remember that for the next time, and do some searching of their own.