Yeah, I hadn't seen the thread until today but I'd seen another great tweet by @aprilwensel
pointing out this trend. Possibly it came about because of the Twitter thread.
But yeah, these issues motivate much of our work here. These were the kinds of things that got @jess
so excited to get on board on the project and help it get to where it is now.
He/Him/His
I'm a Software Engineer and a teacher.
There's no feeling quite like the one you get when you watch someone's eyes light up learning something they didn't know.
This site is in many ways a better alternative to question sites like the Software Engineering stack exchange site. Someone can ask quite conceptual questions and have a (small but increasing) chance to actually get a conversation out of it. Instead of being chastised for asking too broad or off-topic of a question -- and this often due to moderator ignorance on the subject more than the question.
SO itself is still amenable to very factual questions. "How do I fix error XYZ123?" or "Why does Dictionary not guarantee item order?" But all others will be scolded.
Yeah, I hadn't seen the thread until today but I'd seen another great tweet by @aprilwensel pointing out this trend. Possibly it came about because of the Twitter thread.
But yeah, these issues motivate much of our work here. These were the kinds of things that got @jess so excited to get on board on the project and help it get to where it is now.
And a fine job the lot of you did!
Though I wouldn't classify dev.to as a SO replacement (except maybe the #explainlikeimfive tag).
Maybe one day we'll have a newbie friendly Q&A website minus the toxic culture where we can all learn and help each other grow.
This site is in many ways a better alternative to question sites like the Software Engineering stack exchange site. Someone can ask quite conceptual questions and have a (small but increasing) chance to actually get a conversation out of it. Instead of being chastised for asking too broad or off-topic of a question -- and this often due to moderator ignorance on the subject more than the question.
SO itself is still amenable to very factual questions. "How do I fix error XYZ123?" or "Why does Dictionary not guarantee item order?" But all others will be scolded.
Yeah, had a lot of these same ideas.