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> Explain, don’t “sell”

> Explain, don’t “persuade”

Know your audience. A library on github targeted towards developers does both selling and persuading via a good explanataion.




> via a good explanataion.

That is the point I was making.

Note the quotes on “sell” and “persuade”. That’s a hint. Meaning a lot of words meant to sell or persuade are actually harming those purposes.

Three word highly opinionated statements, like my paragraphs began with, are best viewed as strong (re-)prioritization. Not a prohibition on nuance once the point is understood.

So, I appreciate and agree with your nuances.




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