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DESCRIPTION:When early programmers needed to share code on punch cards and 
 magnetic tape in the 1970s\, they needed to explain how to use it\, warn a
 bout bugs\, and provide context. The code on its own wasn't enough\, so th
 e README file was born. But READMEs have never been entirely utilitarian f
 orms of documentation. Instead they became (and remain) very human. A 1974
  README ends with "Good luck!"\, and in 1978\, The Jargon File connected t
 he name itself to Alice in Wonderland\, suggesting that "Read Me" should s
 tand beside "Eat Me" and "Drink Me" in a surreal\, hidden world.\n\nThis t
 alk reveals how READMEs have always been where developers get to be human.
  Be it an exasperated warning from the 1970s\, a 2009 README that became a
  complete fairy tale\, or today's projects built solely to help developers
  add jokes to their docs\, the pattern holds across five decades: READMEs 
 are where we connect\, welcome\, and guide each other.\n\nYou'll leave wit
 h practical principles for writing READMEs that invite contribution and bu
 ild community\, grounded in this history. If you want contributors to your
  open source project\, your README is likely their first impression and in
 vitation. Make it count.
DTSTAMP:20260617T083212Z
LOCATION:Thomas Swain Room
SUMMARY:Down the Rabbit Hole: History of the README and Why You Should Care
  - Daina Bouquin
URL:https://pretalx.com/scipy-2026/talk/GVQECR/
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