This article is trying to point out the absurdity of the current culture of the area, which I don't think makes him a curmudgeon. Also, reading HN (which I doub

This article is trying to point out the absurdity of the current culture of the area, which I don't think makes him a curmudgeon. Also, reading HN (which I doubt is a terribly accurate characterization) makes Silicon Valley seem like an absurdly pretentious and expensive bubble.