Ok, my experience is that my own lone-founder startup failed a couple of years ago in very large part because I didn't do the things that I claim are missing. I

Ok, my experience is that my own lone-founder startup failed a couple of years ago in very large part because I didn't do the things that I claim are missing. I read the post, identified red flags that I failed at finding, and then posted them as a critique, which is what the poster asked for. I think you are taking a moral position about what should and shouldn't be the tone on HN. I might have missed it, but who elected you to determine what is or isn't "condescending snark"? And from follow-up posts by the original poster and others, it looks like I did offer some real advice. It just wasn't wrapped up in rosy and verbose language that you prefer.