I agree completely. I think these posts will help them tremendously - engaging HN usually leads to good things and having the community help to sharpen the pit

I agree completely. I think these posts will help them tremendously - engaging HN usually leads to good things and having the community help to sharpen the pitch is a great first step. It's a shame that this post wound up on the second page of HN - probably too many of Matt's fans hitting it early triggering some kind of HN algorithm . . .