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Here's an exchange between jedberg[1] and author Sean Kelly about a previous incarnation of this microservices article (September 14, 2016): https://news.ycomb
by jasode 10y ago
Here's an exchange between jedberg[1] and author Sean Kelly about a previous incarnation of this microservices article (September 14, 2016):
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12509066 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12509066
And in that same thread, in another response, SK writes:
>"I do wish I had titled it better, as most people have (rightfully) dinged me on this one ;)"
-- https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12508941 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12508941
... and yet, here's another new article about microservices -- with another clickbait title. The subtitle then has the breathless, "Continue reading to find out why."
Serious non-snarky question to HN audience: do more than 50% really prefer this style of writing?
[1] I singled out jedberg's comment as significant because he discussed the costs and tradeoffs of microservices at 2 well-known companies (Reddit=no) (Netflix=yes). The interview transcript: https://scaleyourcode.com/interviews/interview/11 https://scaleyourcode.com/interviews/interview/11
- lgas 10y agoNo one cares if people prefer this writing, they only care if it's effective or not.
- StabbyCutyou 10y agoThe accuracy of this statement is as depressing as it is apt.
- jfindley 10y agoFor overly clickbait-y titles (such as this one), I tend to start by reading the comments here to get a sense of if I should bother reading the article itself. It's so far been a occasionally effective defense against the growth of clickbait in technical blogs - it'd be nice if there was a tl;dr of the most clickbait-y articles but I suspect that this would be hard to do neutrally.
- SixSigma 10y agoyou get what you measure
- StabbyCutyou 10y agoThanks for adding some historical context for me!