# Just Don’t

<https://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/202x/2022/11/07/Just-Dont>

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- Saved: November 10, 2022 (2022-11-11T03:41:07Z)
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## What Jamie wrote

This essay from Bray totally resonated with me. And I catch myself using "just" plenty enough as well, in cases that are not helpful. "Just install Foo, and then configure your account and you are in." To many people that is a giant ask, not a "just". 

I've said before that "just" is a four-letter word. By the way, so is "easy."

## Facts

- Kind: [Page](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/kinds/page/)

## Appears in

- [WT233: Weekly Thing #233 / Versepad, "Just", Mastadon](https://weekly.thingelstad.com/archive/233/), Notable

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