The Decline of Technical Proficiency: How Modern Software Design Is Eroding Power Users' Skills
There’s a certain kind of person who’s becoming extinct. You’ve probably met one. Maybe you are one. Someone who actually understood the tools they used. Someone who could sit down at an unfamiliar…
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