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by yreg 895 days ago
> I'd love to get feedback

You start the article with a tl;dr for people who came from google searching for a solution for the issue. How considerate!

But then you proceed to tell them what not to do and hide the actionable advice in a single sentence within a kilometer long article :)

My suggestion would be to add the workaround to the tl;dr.

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Seriously, it's like a cruel joke. TL;DR - don't do this, instead read the entire article!
I think this was the result of me putting so much effort into my first article and at the moment of release I didn't want to "throw it away" with a single sentence solution. In hindsight this way of thinking was wrong and that I could have done better and I agree it's like a bad joke. Fixed!
>a kilometer long article

About 25 Page Downs in computational units, or CTRL+F in freedom units.

Thank you, very true. I edited a better tl;dr.