Yhn SportBaseball first seen 17 h ago, last 38 min ago, peak #2
Developer pays testers to follow his README instructions
Original: I paid people to try and follow my README
A software developer has described paying strangers to attempt to set up a project using only his README documentation, then watching where they got stuck. The experiment highlights a common gap between how maintainers write setup guides and how newcomers actually experience them. Readers are discussing whether documentation should be usability-tested like software, and sharing their own onboarding failures.
Why now: The unusual experiment of usability-testing documentation resonates with developers who struggle with unclear READMEs.
Terence EdenREADMEopen source software
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- I paid people to try and follow my README · edent · 380
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