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by recursive 1468 days ago
> "everybody knows" doesn't scale

Agreed. That's why I prefer to have things written down. In this case, WHATWG and W3C already did the work for us.

> And if you've ever felt overbooked on a project while other people are idle?

I've seen what you're talking about, but I'm not the one getting overbooked. I'm not generally the one fighting over this stuff. If I get feedback on a PR telling me to add li close tags, I'll probably just do it.

If you're using a technology on a daily basis, it will pay big dividends to spend a little time learning how it actually works.