As for the article, it's just a shower thought. I don't fault the author for choosing to sketch down little sparks of personal insight on a blog instead of in a private journal, but I don't know why someone submitted something so undeveloped to HN or how it kept some footing on the front page.
It makes me wonder if people might just enjoy seeing clusters of meaty philosophy and systems buzzwords placed near each other in valid sentences.
Twisting your words a bit, but it’s been my experience that “indeed”, people don’t read the articles here. Lots of upvoting from just the headline or a quick skim. “I don’t get it but I’m curious what the discussion will reveal for me if I upvote”.
The guidelines here don’t really have a problem with this attitude either. You can make an uninformed upvote, just not an uninformed comment. In practice, both are somewhat common.
As for the article, it's just a shower thought. I don't fault the author for choosing to sketch down little sparks of personal insight on a blog instead of in a private journal, but I don't know why someone submitted something so undeveloped to HN or how it kept some footing on the front page.
It makes me wonder if people might just enjoy seeing clusters of meaty philosophy and systems buzzwords placed near each other in valid sentences.