Just Write The Five Lines To Build The Project For The Love Of God

Just Write The Five Lines To Build The Project For The Love Of God
readme-memes, documentation-memes, build-process-memes, dependencies-memes, over-engineering-memes | ProgrammerHumor.io

You wanted a simple "npm install && npm start" but instead got a README that's taller than the Burj Khalifa. Every dependency needs its own config file. Every environment variable needs three paragraphs of explanation. The prerequisites section alone requires a PhD.

Meanwhile the maintainer is out here writing a novel about their architectural decisions when literally all anyone wants is "clone repo, run these commands, see website." Instead you're reading about their journey through microservices enlightenment while Docker refuses to build.

The best READMEs are the ones that assume you're not an idiot but also don't assume you have their exact machine setup from 2019. Just the build commands. That's it. That's all we need.

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