FiloSottile / FiloSottile/awesome-age

Is anyone planning an age tutorial friendly to absolute beginners?

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Description

I did AI search[^1] and all the tutorials I found assume prior PGP knowledge (including why you can trust asymmetric encryption and why it's better than symmetric encryption).

An absolute-beginner-friendly article will greatly help the adoption of age.

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Research direction

No file or test is named. Review the existing age resources in this collection and the beginner assumptions identified in the issue, especially around PGP, asymmetric encryption, and symmetric encryption. Done means adding or documenting an age tutorial that explains these concepts without prior PGP knowledge.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Domain
cryptography, documentation
Issue type
Documentation
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Quiet
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
38/100

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