The problem with this is that it means you have to read guides which it seems no one wants to do. It drives me nuts.
But ya, I hate when people say they don't like "magic." It's not magic, it's programming.
But ya, I hate when people say they don't like "magic." It's not magic, it's programming.
Yes, it's not magic as in Merlin or Penn and Teller. But it is magic in the aforementioned sense, which is also what people complain about.
in my experience among personality types of programmers both laborers and artists are opposed to the reading of guides, I think the laborers due to laziness and the artists due to a high susceptibility to boredom and most guides are not written to the intellectually engaging level of SICP.
Craftsmen are naturally the type to read the guide through.
Of course if you spend enough time in the field you end up just reading the docs, more or less, because everybody ends up adapting craftsmen habits over time.
I would suppose the people who create "magic" solutions have at least voiced an opinion that they like magic and the people who take up those solutions the same, for the record I too dislike magic but my feeling is that I am somewhat in the minority on that.
Sorry for the snark but why is this such a problem?