#dusk #DUSK @Dusk Been in Dusk’s dev docs for two days, and it’s got me thinking about something bigger than Dusk itself.
We talk endlessly about protocols and tech, but none of it matters if a new dev opens the docs and just… bounces.
That’s the real test.
Can someone with zero context go from “this sounds interesting” to “okay, I built something” without getting stuck?
Shielded transactions are a good example. The concept itself isn’t hard. The friction usually shows up in the tiny questions:
Which function do I call?
Is this the shielded flow or the public one?
What does the actual implementation look like?
Those little gaps are where developers quietly give up.
Not necessarily because the technology is bad. Sometimes, the answer just wasn’t clear enough when they needed it.
Good docs don’t solve everything.
But bad docs can make good technology feel harder than it actually is.
And honestly, code examples deserve way more credit than they get. One working example can teach something faster than three paragraphs trying to explain the same idea.
So here’s the test I’d actually care about:
Could someone sit down right now, with no Discord help and nobody holding their hand, and build a small dApp using Dusk’s docs alone?
That tells me more than another announcement ever could.
I’d rather watch how many developers can build independently than how many people can talk about the technology.
$JASMY
$PROM
$DUSK
We talk endlessly about protocols and tech, but none of it matters if a new dev opens the docs and just… bounces.
That’s the real test.
Can someone with zero context go from “this sounds interesting” to “okay, I built something” without getting stuck?
Shielded transactions are a good example. The concept itself isn’t hard. The friction usually shows up in the tiny questions:
Which function do I call?
Is this the shielded flow or the public one?
What does the actual implementation look like?
Those little gaps are where developers quietly give up.
Not necessarily because the technology is bad. Sometimes, the answer just wasn’t clear enough when they needed it.
Good docs don’t solve everything.
But bad docs can make good technology feel harder than it actually is.
And honestly, code examples deserve way more credit than they get. One working example can teach something faster than three paragraphs trying to explain the same idea.
So here’s the test I’d actually care about:
Could someone sit down right now, with no Discord help and nobody holding their hand, and build a small dApp using Dusk’s docs alone?
That tells me more than another announcement ever could.
I’d rather watch how many developers can build independently than how many people can talk about the technology.
$JASMY
$PROM
$DUSK
