The fact that most new programming services and products are oriented towards C-suite types, and not to the people who actually use them.

Most websites looks like [1] or [2] which are full of corporate-friendly buzzwords but don't help me understand what they actually do or how they work. To get a concrete understanding I need to go to github and find repos that actually use the product to even understand what it's for.

[1] https://www.astronomer.io/

[2] https://tailscale.com/

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wavemode 13 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Well, that's obviously because the people using the software aren't the customers. The customers are the ones signing the checks.

I actually think it's the right approach for a tech business - your main landing pages should market towards the buyers and then you can have more technical documentation pages for the users. As an example from your comment: https://tailscale.com/kb/1151/what-is-tailscale

	▲	hackyhacky 13 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Yes, I understand why they do it, and I assume that doing it that way is the "right approach" for them, for the capitalistic reasons that you specified. It just makes me sad that the amazing capabilities of the web are being squandered and marketing fluff, when that same page real estate could be used to educate and enlighten.

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chrisgd 13 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Funny you used astronomer as an example today

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Gibbon1 9 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Almost 30 years ago National Semiconductor had an early nicely done website that allowed you to search for products, get data sheets, ask questions, find reps and distributors. I used it all the time.

1997-8 one day I bring it up and it's been replaced by a glossy site extolling the value of National Semiconductor stock and lauding the CEO, CFO, and the board members and nothing about the companies actual product. A few months later they added a link to the old site down in the right hand corner.

I've come around to the idea that MBA's shouldn't be allowed to own individual stocks. Only through index funds.

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colechristensen 13 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Que Office Space: "What would you say... ya do here?"

Not just programming languages, all sorts of tech product websites really fail to answer the two essential questions "What the heck do you do and what does it cost?" while having lots of fancy words and pictures.

Even Cloudflare. Imagine you're one of the 10,000 people to discover what Cloudflare does today[1]. Can you go to their website and get an answer? Absolutely not. "We make websites, apps, and networks faster and more secure. Our developer platform is the best place to build modern apps and deliver AI initiatives." above the fold on their front page. If you don't already know what Cloudflare does, does this mean anything at all? Not in the slightest.

[1] https://xkcd.com/1053/