There's also an assumption with most HN users (who have a heavy web dev or unix background) that commandline is required in order to get any sort of development

There's also an assumption with most HN users (who have a heavy web dev or unix background) that commandline is required in order to get any sort of development done. This isn't really the case if you have more of a game development background, where people are often using Windows and GUIs to get most work done. Someone coming to this tutorial that is used to Unity and Visual Studio could be technical, have solid programming abilities, but rarely, if ever touch the command line. I've worked with a lot of people like this, so it's not a theoretical thing.