🧵 1/2
Wow! Someone cared enough about one of my tools that (s)he (?) spent some time contributing to it!
I have been tirelessly maintaining a handful of free projects for more than ten years, with a few bug reports, and maybe one code contribution.
It is the second time, though, that someone contributes by proofreading the entire documentation of one of my projects: minor issues like grammar errors, bigger issues like rewriting whole parts of the documentation.
🧵 2/2 Writing documentation is difficult, and maybe not as rewarding as writing code ("Improved documentation" is less impressive than "Fixed bug X. Added feature Y."). As the author and (maybe?) main user of my tool, it is very valuable to have an outside point of view about it. So:
- Thanks a lot to PD Hall for his/her contribution!
- If you cannot code, proofreading and improving the documentation of that small project you use, maintained by only one person, might be greatly appreciated.
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