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Jun 7, 2020 at 05:07
I've seen computer games that give you gameplay tips on loading screens. Perhaps compilers could do same thing? Whilst you're waiting for the compile to complete, you could say "now in version X, new syntax Y!"

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Nov 2, 2021 at 07:27
A common UI antipattern is to make the structure directly reflect the implementation. If you have 4 database tables, you build 4 screens. This may not reflect how users want to get things done. Does this happen outside of software? I suspect it does, but I can't find examples.