[epolanski]

I write software and use computers from ages, but put me in front of any app I haven't authored and I have no clue how to do things.

Often I find that apps have features only because I see others using the application.

Make me do anything on applications banking/government/delivery-related and I have to ask family members.

[bdangubic]

haven’t authored or just don’t use? I would assume that tools that you use you know inside and out (e.g. Code or IntelliJ)

[epolanski]

You might be onto something, because interestingly I don't think there's any software at all I know inside out or have ever mastered.

I've used everything from DAWs, image editors, IDEs, terminal emulators, operating systems, dev tools, spreadsheets and I'm quite sure I've never went much in depth in any of them.

I'm not like that on the abstract level.

I know the ins and outs of functional programming concepts and their mathematical definitions, many deep details of programming languages or their compilers and many other things but I suck at tooling.

It's not just IT-related.

I can explain thoroughly the chemistry of dough making (which is far from simple), but I never got very good at making it, so friends of mine that know nothing about how it works still make better bread or pizza than I do.

[bdangubic]

fascinating!