• usually written by Charles Petzold

    Classic example of someone who wrote tutorials like the type being satirised.

    If it’s worthwhile doing it’s hard

    Writing good tutorials isn’t hard. You just have to not assume background knowledge of anything you’re writing about. If you write it for beginners, then literally anyone can follow it.

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      7 days ago

      So maybe the tutorial the satirist was satirising just wasn’t quite aimed at the satirist.

      • So maybe the tutorial the satirist was satirising just wasn’t quite aimed at the satirist

        I think many people here have seen exactly such tutorials - indeed aimed at them - hence the huge upvotes. See Microsoft tutorials that never link to any pre-requisites at all (leaving you looking for a Youtube by an Indian programmer).