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Oh, I don’t have any criticism for the messages. It’s amazing that they can be so correct. And I’ve yet to find one I cannot quickly and accurately google. I’m criticizing my inability to convert them into knowledge vs just blindly doing what it’s telling me to do.

I would personally discourage trying to accomplish too much in the error messages. As long as they are a sufficient breadcrumb for what’s wrong, where, and enough key words to research, that seems ideal.




That is part of the strategy: remove jargon when possible, consciously feed jargon when unavoidable to introduce concepts and give something useful to search for.




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