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How I, a non-developer, read the tutorial you, a developer, wrote for me, a beginner - annie's blog (anniemueller.com)
submitted 11 months ago by to c/programmer_humor@programming.dev
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[–] 25 points 11 months ago (1 child)

I taught basic computer literacy. I am a software developer. It's tough to reframe my own knowledge so drastically, but the new perspective also makes me question why so many things are wrong with current tech (particularly UI/UX).

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  • [–] 15 points 11 months ago (1 child)

    Oh definitely, there's so many products we use that are far more complicated than they have any need to be.

    Vehicles and appliances are two examples that come to mind.

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  • [–] 3 points 11 months ago

    My peeve is products made "easy" to use, in a way that makes explaining them extremely difficult. Two top examples are:

    URL bar in browsers which doubles as a search bar. Good luck explaining why if you type in an exact existing address, you will get there, but otherwise (typo, extra space), you will end up on Google.

    Apple's iMessage. Your message will be sent to your contact using one of three protocols: SMS/MMS, iMessage or RCS. This is almost entirely opaque, and I even had to explain to a tech-savvy person why videos they send me look like blobs.

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