Because not every hacker is a web developer. I, for example, am a self-confessed non-web developer. I program big iron and embedded systems in a safety critical context. I'm not scraping database for information and arranging it on the screen nicely for people to make purchases, I'm helping to stop oil tankers from crashing into nuclear submarines.
But occasionally I, and others, stray from our core competencies and either choose to or have to deal with things with which they are unfamiliar. In those cases it's nice to have a community to turn to consisting of people who do have expertise and experience in the unfamiliar area.
If it's not too often, and if it's obvious that people have made a genuine attempt to sort things out for themselves, and if the question is distilled to its essence, it's possible that more than one person can learn from the resulting thread.
And many times I've answered people's questions about math, or algorithms, and it's nice to get something back. So thank you to those who replied - it's pretty much sorted now, and I've learned something.
But occasionally I, and others, stray from our core competencies and either choose to or have to deal with things with which they are unfamiliar. In those cases it's nice to have a community to turn to consisting of people who do have expertise and experience in the unfamiliar area.
If it's not too often, and if it's obvious that people have made a genuine attempt to sort things out for themselves, and if the question is distilled to its essence, it's possible that more than one person can learn from the resulting thread.
And many times I've answered people's questions about math, or algorithms, and it's nice to get something back. So thank you to those who replied - it's pretty much sorted now, and I've learned something.