[farleykr]

The article could do with more substance overall but this is one of my biggest pet peeves and I appreciate it being pointed out. I think the tendency of some tech articles/tutorials to refer to things as simple is part of the faux-friendly-jokey attitude that a lot of tech writing adopts—especially on sites like Medium. That and emojis and gifs. I tend to close an article/tutorial as soon as I see an emoji or a gif.

[dont__panic]

At the very least, gifs should only play when you click them in an article that I'm actually expected to read. Do other people actually enjoy reading static text with a giant low-resolution flickering image on screen next to it? It's just so distracting to me. Seems like Developer Advocates love to do that sort of thing in blog posts.

[dredmorbius]

If you're looking for substance, the article itself is from a related blog on technology, and there's a book compiling ~100 highlight articles from that. The short list is just that: a short list.