“It Works on my Machine” Isn’t an Excuse—Test Your README Like a User

05/11/2025 5 min
“It Works on my Machine” Isn’t an Excuse—Test Your README Like a User

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The README says to download from this link. Huh, I'm not sure how to unarchive .tar.xz files - guess I'll search for that.
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The README says to download from this link. Huh, I'm not sure how to unarchive .tar.xz files - guess I'll search for that.


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