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I'm not sure how much time you spent on SO, but this only took me a couple of minutes of digging and I don't work with node.

    git clone https://github.com/nodejs/node.git
    grep -E -A 1 -R "Add(Option|Alias)" node/src/node_options.cc

There may be options I've missed because I haven't dedicated more than a couple minutes to it, but I think this demonstrates a straightforward approach to diving a little deeper when necessary and should be easy to adjust/build upon depending on your case. Your gripe regarding documentation is legitimate, but if you're an engineer responsible for deployments who needs to go past typical usage consulting the source should be in your bag of tricks. Having a deeper understanding of the tools you use and rely on isn't going to hurt you or your career.

https://www.gnu.org/software/gawk/manual/html_node/Undocumen...

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How about you figure out that over ten million people are using your code and act like it?

https://xkcd.com/1205/

I'm surrounded by people, internal and external to the team, who believe that their code is entitled to a larger fraction of my time and attention than everyone else's. I write my own code like nobody gives as much of a shit about it as I do. Because it's true. They don't. Sometimes even I can't be bothered. I just wish it worked already.

I've got almost 1500 dependencies (counting directories, not the npm report which is overestimating by 15%) and 500 dev dependencies. That's a little higher than it should be but a lot lower than it was.

We work about 2087 hours a year. I'd be lucky to get 1750 hours after meetings and administravia. If I spent fifty minutes a year thinking about each module then I don't get any work done. Five minutes would chew up 10% of my available time. You are not entitled to my time or energy. I've got other shit to do.

This thread isn't about node, that's just an example. It's about UI, which we write for non-technical people. There is no reading the source. It's not an option, which means your response is whataboutism.

Your tool, your code, your gadget, your car, these are not who I am or what I'm about. If we're even talking about the UI, it means that your device is standing between me/him/her/them/us and what we are about. You've become an impediment not a contributor to people getting back to doing their thing. Apologism is just intellectual laziness. I love Apple products but everyone involved with, "You're holding it wrong" can fuck right off. That's stroking your own ego and you can do that in your room with the door closed. Don't expect us to help.

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