[hexaga]

You're a user of jq in the sense of the comment you're replying to, not a developer. The developer is the developer _of jq_, not developers in general.

[fhd2]

Yes, that's exactly how I meant it. I might _rarely_ peruse some code if I'm really curious about it, but by and large I just trust the developers of the software I use and don't really care how it works. I care about what it does.

[agentultra]

As a developer of software I often have to care because it matters and so I read the code.

Source code is often written for other humans first and foremost.

[tptacek]

We're talking about Show HN here.