I’m old too, but have a different take on this type of content. Part of being old was the privilege of coming up within an industry when everything was documented and most things were searchable. IRC was the only walled garden and it was reasonably common for teams to turn their frequently asked questions into web content.

So things got to become common sense for us because it was easy to get overwhelmed in information on why it should be common sense. The web has changed dramatically - there is a lot of content in Discord servers and it’s rare for frequently asked Discord questions to turn into web content. Common sense isn’t as wide ranging, but that’s been replaced by extreme specialty knowledge.

I see this a lot in software companies when build tools crap out. Younger developers have much more specialized knowledge on the build tools and can outwork me when everything is on the happy path. Off the happy path, all the general bits and pieces we picked up through osmosis back in the day become very helpful.

I’m glad that articles like this are being promoted. This plumbing type knowledge will be useful many many times over the course of a career. Not everything has to be aimed at me to be good, you know?