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[–] Malfeasant@lemmy.world 23 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Reinventing the wheel leads to a profound understanding of why wheels are round.

[–] hakunawazo@lemmy.world 10 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

That's what documentation is for.

[–] stevedice@sh.itjust.works 6 points 3 weeks ago

Documentation is written exclusively for people with PhDs.

[–] tiredofsametab@fedia.io 4 points 3 weeks ago

Well, it would have been if people updated it when making changes; now it's just all an incorrect snapshot of an older version of wheel that no longer reflects reality.

[–] GhostTheToast@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

That involves knowing how to read

[–] hakunawazo@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago

Not necessarily.