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One of our favorite anecdotes that illustrates just how hard it is to get people to read the docs comes from an unexpected source: Van Halen. The...
Brown M&Ms, or why no one's reading the manual | Inside Nuclino Blog Jul 24, 2020 Brown M&Ms, or why no one's reading the manual One of our favorite anecdotes that illustrates just how hard it is to get people to read the docs comes from an unexpected source: Van Halen. The rock band was notorious for the whimsical and oddly specific demands about their backstage set-ups at concerts. Spanning a whopping 53 pages, the band’s standard contract included demands ranging from “herring in sour cream” to a “large tube of KY jelly.” But it’s in the “Mun
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