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by voodootrucker 2586 days ago
What people use it for at the top, what it does in the middle, and how it works at the bottom, buried in a video - typical modern sites (except this one at least has the video).

What I would like to see: 1. Problem statement 2. How this solves it 3. Usage guide 4. Source code link 5. No appeal to authority of who's using it

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> and how it works at the bottom, buried in a video

A video that plays for 12 minutes before it explains the bit about using an ELF header which mounts a disk image payload using FUSE.

Eh, I think 5 is important because it shows that there's a vested interest in keeping the project going. I absolutely do make decisions on what to use based on who is using it because switching to something else after a project dies is a royal pain, and I don't have the time to maintain it myself (though I can certainly submit patches here and there).