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by swyx 428 days ago
it really doesn't. stop trying to dumb him down for your personal tastes. he's much better at this than the rest of us
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> he's much better at this than the rest of us

That is not a good reason to make the content unnecessarily difficult for its target audience. Being smart also means being able to communicate with those who aren't as brilliant (or just don't have the time).

The content isn't difficult. People are just lazy
> stop trying to dumb him down for your personal tastes

That's unfair.

If anything you're the one dumbing down what I wrote for your personal taste.