I wish programmers would also follow this advice when creating their GitHub repositories and project sites because they can suffer the very same problem.
It's pretty often I hear about a library or project, hit its homepage, and I can't figure out what the heck it even is without digging around.
The magic phrase, as used in this article, is "[thing] is [describe thing]". Tell me the name of your thing and what it is. Once you've got that paragraph out of the way, you can go to town!
Completely agreed. Like pointed above by venus, the "best for" format may annoy some people and is not necessary in all cases. Your more generic example works as a better template.
It's pretty often I hear about a library or project, hit its homepage, and I can't figure out what the heck it even is without digging around.
The magic phrase, as used in this article, is "[thing] is [describe thing]". Tell me the name of your thing and what it is. Once you've got that paragraph out of the way, you can go to town!