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How I, a non-developer, read the tutorial you, a developer, wrote for me, a beginner - annie's blog (anniemueller.com)
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[โ€“] zalgotext@sh.itjust.works 27 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Well that's because markdown is for documentation, and we all know programmers don't know how to write documentation.

[โ€“] deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz 1 points 1 month ago

Documentation goes in the commit message.

That way you know when it was correct, because the next commit immediately makes it stale.