tiny bit more work on clirenaissance...
This commit is contained in:
parent
430ceee64b
commit
e1f844e4d9
|
@ -218,6 +218,21 @@ but its an extremely usable IDE out of the box thanks to having all of its featu
|
|||
### Common usecases should be easy
|
||||
|
||||
<!-- look at sd, rg, and fd-->
|
||||
Where possible, documentation should not even be required for the most common use cases.
|
||||
Whenever I want to use `find`, I almost always have to first look at the man page,
|
||||
as I dont use it quite often enough to memorize it.
|
||||
But thats totally unnedded! 90% of my uses of `find` take the form of `find ./ -name "*foo*"`.
|
||||
with [fd](https://github.com/sharkdp/fd), the exact same invocation is a simple `fd foo`, dead simple, no man page needed.
|
||||
Of course, 10% of the time im doing something else and have to look at the manual even with fd,
|
||||
but the point is that manuals are for when you want to do someing with the tool that is not the most common usecase.
|
||||
|
||||
There are many other examples as well. How many of your grep invocations are in the form of `grep -R 'foo' ./`?
|
||||
most of mine are. [Ripgrep](https://github.com/BurntSushi/ripgrep) shortens that to `rg foo`
|
||||
while still having all the power of grep when I need it, and it is faster to boot!
|
||||
|
||||
This isnt to say that tools should 'dumb themselves down' or hobble themselves to make them easier to use.
|
||||
Tools abosultuely should not shy away from being powerful; however they should keep in mind the first time user experience
|
||||
and what the first time user is likely to want to use the tool for; as that is likely also what power users will want to use the tool for 90% of the time.
|
||||
|
||||
## Shedding historical baggage
|
||||
|
||||
|
|
Loading…
Reference in a new issue