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> incredibly vague and unhelpful As is very common with projects on Github. They should have a paragraph at the start explaining simply what they do.
by PontifexMinimus 2y ago
> incredibly vague and unhelpful
As is very common with projects on Github. They should have a paragraph at the start explaining simply what they do.
- MrGilbert 2y agoAnd a screenshot for every project with a UI. I‘d love to see that more often.
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- totaldude87 2y agoCopilot could easily scan and auto generate the read me.
- toolz 2y agoThey 'could' have a paragraph at the beginning to help potential users understand the purpose of the project. It might seem inconsequential, but maintainers often deal with a lot of angry entitled users and it could be helpful to stay away from language that implies that the people giving away their code for free (and for fun) have any obligation to provide anyone anything.
- squarefoot 2y agoTrue on principle, but if an explanation or a screenshot that costs 5 hours to make would prevent replying or even just reading support requests for 6 hours, I would call it a victory.