Hackers' Pub

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`#` tag	Finds content with the specified tag. Case-insensitive.	`#HackersPub`
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raganwald 🍓 @raganwald@social.bau-ha.us

3/4/2026, 2:33:22 PM

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My problem with that type of attitude then and now was that I had hands-on experience teaching people how to use so-called advanced or difficult subjects, and my experience has always been that things like recursion aren't difficult, they’re actually *unfamiliar.*

The moment you stop thinking about some things as hard, and start thinking about them as unfamiliar, the difficulties melt away.

This essay is about interfaces; code is an interface: https://www.asktog.com/papers/raskinintuit.html

Jef Raskin on "Intuitive Interfaces"

www.asktog.com

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