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@dannotdaniel But what proportion of this required effort is wasteful toil and what proportion is useful labor?

When we are trying to help people join us in some collaborative activity, some of the things we are doing will be hard for them to initially grasp. And within those new skills or habits we ask them to learn, some are completely necessary, because they are deeply tied to our goals. But some are in-jokes, idiosyncrasies: UNnecessary. "Inessential weirdnesses."

https://www.harihareswara.net/posts/2016/inessential-weirdnesses-in-open-source-software-oscon-2016/