Even then, I don't care about the "average writer". I want great output. I like to imagine that developers have some self-respect, but by now everyone in the industry is spending hundreds of hours every month reading some of the most poorly written prose we could imagine, simply because it affords us to think less.
You are vastly overestimating the average writer’s ability.
Even then, I don't care about the "average writer". I want great output. I like to imagine that developers have some self-respect, but by now everyone in the industry is spending hundreds of hours every month reading some of the most poorly written prose we could imagine, simply because it affords us to think less.