Part of the situation might be because of outsiders who try and learn these things on their own time. You might have a molecular biologist who finds themselves

Part of the situation might be because of outsiders who try and learn these things on their own time. You might have a molecular biologist who finds themselves needing to setup up a webapp for some research and they were never formally educated as an "engineer". Grown-ups also sometimes like to pass on what they know to children, teens and grandparent, so they might resort to cutesy stuff. Then there are dummies like me who need lots of illustrations and everything explained from 10 different points of views before they start to understand. But, most of us hate getting in the way of the masters and experts. We should have a "kids" version of HN and of various reddits. Everyone will be anonymous because your 50-yr-old co-worker doesn't want to be known around the office for reading comics that include cartoon superheroes showing you how to battle the evils of CSRF/SSRF. (Thanks for linking to that page that explains TLS. That also helps.) Any opinion of the "Head First" books? https://ssearch.oreilly.com/?q=head+first https://ssearch.oreilly.com/?q=head+first They seem better than the 90s "...For Dummies" books.