Terence Eden<p>🆕 blog! “How to *actually* test your readme”</p><p>If you've spent any time using Linux, you'll be used to installing software like this:</p><p>The README says to download from this link. Huh, I'm not sure how to unarchive .tar.xz files - guess I'll search for that. Right, it says run setup.sh hmm, that doesn't work. Oh, I need to set the permissions. What was the…</p><p>👀 Read more: <a href="https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2025/10/how-to-actually-test-your-readme/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">shkspr.mobi/blog/2025/10/how-t</span><span class="invisible">o-actually-test-your-readme/</span></a><br>⸻<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/developers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>developers</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FreeSoftware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreeSoftware</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>linux</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OpenSource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenSource</span></a></p>