This certainly would be helpful to have a summary added on the Btrfs wiki page about how to create a swap file if one doesn’t exist and a separate one for changing the size of a swap file if existing. I vote for that. 
Edit: I notice on the wiki there already is an article about creating swap for btrfs.
I know it’s just an example but some people like myself just don’t see these things on that level. I myself am not thinking the same way as some with extensive knowledge not only on Arch but linux in general. When i read instructions i just do what i think it means for me to do and I’m not always thinking of certain aspects or details that they omit.
Edit: Or assume that i should know.
I too find Wiki confusing.
Even though I have done vanilla Arch installs it was only to understand theory as my old technical career was in Windows Server installs with DC, AD, DHCP etc and other roles.
I understand the theory of the process of install, but I could never memorise all the commands. In fact I only did “Arch way” in order to be eligible for official Arch forum support if I ever needed otherwise they turn you away.
Being able to install Arch way few times does not make someone an expert. It is learning from breaking it.
The luks encryption confused me in Wiki, so I learned it all in 20 mins from a EF Linux video. Verbal and video instructions are so much easier to understand. Also best practice of encrypting swap partition too.
Err…not many people memorize all the commands. Unless you have a photographic memory you would have to do a lot of installs to memorize every command needed. The wiki exists so you don’t have to memorize all the commands.
Someone on another forum once said “The only thing I ever learned from installing Arch is how to install Arch”. Following the wiki step by step, copying and pasting each command teaches you very little. The learning of creating a system the Arch way is what comes next. Figuring out how to get your DE installed and configured, understanding what packages make it up. Learning how the display manager is configured, etc, etc.
For me it is the complete opposite. I find almost nothing more frustrating than video instructions for something done from the terminal. Watching a 15 minutes video for something I could read in 30 seconds is a complete waste of time. Plus you lose the ability to copy/paste out of a video.
Why no compress=zstd & no space_cache=v2?
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