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Programming tutorials
Raised as a usability problem by 9 people on Hacker News over 14 years (2011–2024), in 9 threads.
People raised many different problems with Programming tutorials, but no single problem has yet been raised by 3 people in 3 different months and threads.
Unreviewed issues were grouped by machine: Claude Haiku labelled each comment as a usability complaint, named what it's about and summed up the problem in a line, and a small model grouped similar problems. Nobody has checked them by hand. Expect mistakes.
The newest 9 complaints
- Tutorials use single-letter variables and assume a math background, leaving readers lost2024-09-21
- Videos are slow and inefficient for getting a quick coding answer2022-03-19
- Learning programming from books is hard; material doesn't stick or make sense2022-01-14
- Course spends half an hour on a clumsy method before showing the built-in simpler one2021-03-03
- Code split across referenced sections, forcing readers to mentally assemble it2019-01-20
- Hard to find your way around the site due to poor information architecture2016-05-15
- Terminal prompts and install steps scare beginners away from learning2016-01-24
- Main link goes to an about page; the book's contents are hidden behind a small link2011-12-05
- Existing learning resources are so confusing for newbies that starting is nearly impossible2011-02-05