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by stego-tech 617 days ago
I'm not sure we want to onboard non-technical people into such things right off the bat. Keeping things simple - notepad and HTML - gives everyone the ability to carve out a rudimentary niche for themselves, which is the goal. If they're still interested in this field - either just as a hobby, or as a career - then they'll at least have a solid understanding of the foundational topic and know where they want to go from there.

Remember, the goal isn't to make everyone a competent developer, just enabling everyone to participate without going through a corporation for basic web services.