What are some things you think tech people presume others know, and know how to do? (lemm.ee)

submitted 9 months ago by ALostInquirer@lemm.ee to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

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It's helpful to take a few steps back from time to time to reassess where we're each coming from on our knowledge of tech (or anything) to better communicate.

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[-] ALostInquirer@lemm.ee 15 points 9 months ago

Personally, when I'm looking around for different software, as someone that's in-between unfamiliar and familiar with tech: if it doesn't have an installer/executable/apk and only describes a way to build/compile from source, I have to imagine it wasn't intended for non-devs to start with.

Yet somehow I seem to find my way to software like that occasionally. 🤷‍♀️

[-] jol@discuss.tchncs.de 8 points 9 months ago

And that's probably the case.

When someone creates a hobby project, they might not immediately have the time to spend on making a convenient package or executable because it's still in early development, still buggy and unsupported, or it's targeting only people capable of compiling code.

[-] Jako301@feddit.de 3 points 9 months ago

Or it uses Code that's publicly available but you aren't allowed to redistribute.

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