Today's a good day to remember that every OS on every computer sucks, and it's only been made suckier by the techbro motto 'move fast and break things.'

Today's a good day for everyone touching computers and related technologies to reject tech dudebro culture and embrace a new motto:

Move purposefully and fix things.

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If you make or maintain programs, don't forget to write & update their manuals. If you can't do technical writing, either learn how or find someone who can. The best programs in the world are useless or worse, if the only people who know how to use it are the ones who made it.

Don't forget to write for folks who don't know your program inside out. Write for folks who never used your program. Write for folks who just need to use your program for one thing & get on with their day.

And for the love of sanity, don't use a stupid autocomplete bot you have to pay for to write your manuals for you!

Write it yourself, & read what you write. Keep proofreading & understanding it like the people who actually use your program would.

If you write manuals just to tick a checkbox, you're part of the same problem as coders who don't write manuals, but you burn time, energy, patience, your name, & any semblance of good will you have as well.

Write for real folks to read.

Whatever code or tech you touch:

Move purposefully and fix things.

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