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Please, this is a very decent blog post. For those quoting the "HN standards", I see poorer articles than this every single day.

by Rauchg 17y ago

amackera 17y ago
Hear, hear.
jasonmcalacanis 17y ago
Feels strange, and frankly bitter, for folks to take her apart like this. If you don't like the story just skip it.
- alayne 17y ago
  So many people aren't even talking about the content. It's a glimpse into iPhone development which is an interesting alternate universe for me. I don't think she was going for a Pulitzer. I think we need to celebrate the fact that there are women in software and technology. Look at how Kathy Sierra was attacked. Men do not get abused like this. It is a very demographically skewed business and that just seems wrong to me.
rgrieselhuber 17y ago
Agreed. I'm just about to build an iPhone app and am bookmarking little snippets like this all over the web. She mentioned a couple of things I hadn't even thought about yet. I know that she's gotten crap in the past, but from what I've seen she is an entrepreneurial programmer who may not have the highest technical ability but makes up for it with her ability to communicate and with her contributions to a variety of projects. The people who complained about this post making the front page because the author also happens to be a cute blonde (let's show some spine if we're going to insult somebody's intelligence, boys) just come off as bitter know-it-alls. Go get some sun.
fizx 17y ago
Also, I really like the typography.
ojbyrne 17y ago
For sure, but they usually disappear quicker than this one. Having worked around some of what the glitterati of SF, there's no question that they're generally decent people. But when they are exalted above other equally capable people, they invite being torn down. The fact that Leah is an attractive young woman just makes the whole celebrity thing even more complex. She's a reasonably good programmer, as far as I can tell (which elevates her above some completely clueless and much more successful people in the same circle). Can't really say much beyond that.

Please, this is a very decent blog post. For those quoting the "HN standards", I see poorer articles than this every single day.

by Rauchg 17y ago

Please, this is a very decent blog post. For those quoting the "HN standards", I see poorer articles than this every single day.

amackera 17y ago

Hear, hear.

jasonmcalacanis 17y ago

Feels strange, and frankly bitter, for folks to take her apart like this. If you don't like the story just skip it.

alayne 17y ago
So many people aren't even talking about the content. It's a glimpse into iPhone development which is an interesting alternate universe for me. I don't think she was going for a Pulitzer. I think we need to celebrate the fact that there are women in software and technology. Look at how Kathy Sierra was attacked. Men do not get abused like this. It is a very demographically skewed business and that just seems wrong to me.

rgrieselhuber 17y ago

Agreed. I'm just about to build an iPhone app and am bookmarking little snippets like this all over the web. She mentioned a couple of things I hadn't even thought about yet. I know that she's gotten crap in the past, but from what I've seen she is an entrepreneurial programmer who may not have the highest technical ability but makes up for it with her ability to communicate and with her contributions to a variety of projects. The people who complained about this post making the front page because the author also happens to be a cute blonde (let's show some spine if we're going to insult somebody's intelligence, boys) just come off as bitter know-it-alls. Go get some sun.

fizx 17y ago

Also, I really like the typography.

ojbyrne 17y ago

For sure, but they usually disappear quicker than this one. Having worked around some of what the glitterati of SF, there's no question that they're generally decent people. But when they are exalted above other equally capable people, they invite being torn down. The fact that Leah is an attractive young woman just makes the whole celebrity thing even more complex. She's a reasonably good programmer, as far as I can tell (which elevates her above some completely clueless and much more successful people in the same circle). Can't really say much beyond that.