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By definition, tacit knowledge is hard to codify. If you're reading facts or documentation it's definitely not tacit knowledge.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tacit_knowledge

> It is easier to follow logical chains constructed people but the constituents of said chain could potentially be fraught with approximations, thus obfuscating the entire story.

It's not possible to logically explain everything. Intuition is very important. Hence, the value of tacit knowledge.

I would generally much rather hear an expert talk conceptually and about their intuition than them give me a lecture on logic and facts. It's impossible to glean some things through pure logic.

For example, what is clean code?



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