When you're responsible for a junior developer, there's an early, crucial milestone: they know when to ask for help. Before this milestone, every task must...| explaining.software
Previously, we explored how abstract explanations, paired with intent, become specific. And in our case, the intent is almost always to improve our software....| explaining.software
There was, in the mid 2010s, a popular formula for explaining a new startup: "Uber, but for ____." This was a metaphor: the startup, despite targeting a...| explaining.software
In the fractal-metaphor, our software is an open space. Each reader traverses that space, noting new details as they come into view. When our software is...| explaining.software
complexity The sum of every explanation. Weighted heavily towards future explanations. Measured in bits, but only relative to your audience's expectations....| explaining.software