Ben Haylock May 26

The cousins of Just Guys are The Simplys:

Simply do this.
Simply do that.
Do this thing I won’t explain: simple.

RE: https://mastodon.social/@Daojoan/114571775545059069

Show threadBen Buchanan

@zbender Simply and just are so ingrained it even slips under my radar when writing tech docs.

I think on some level people are often trying to say "don't do anything other than this action". Others are gatekeeping shitweasels, of course.

May 27 at 2:44amWeb
Show threadBen Haylock May 27
@200ok “This is configured in the usual way. No need to discuss this further here.”
Show threadBen BuchananMay 27

@zbender Acceptable if it's a link to the docs on the usual way.

Usually it's not.

Show threadBen Haylock May 27
@200ok Usually indeed.