I'm pretty sure the style of writing was to convey emotion and help people understand her perspective at a deeper level, it wasn't just long for no reason. In t

I'm pretty sure the style of writing was to convey emotion and help people understand her perspective at a deeper level, it wasn't just long for no reason. In this case, the article is specifically about what motivates us to keep on programming and keep on building things, so the human side of things is really important. It's not just that she wants everything to be perfect, she believes that the relationship between a website developer and one of its users should be one of trust, and it feels wrong to betray that even if it's more efficient from an engineering standpoint. Accurately conveying "this feels wrong" is complicated, hence the long article.