I was laughing as well, software people (the HN and open source community in particular) are so stupidly opinionated sometimes, it makes me just cringe whenever

I was laughing as well, software people (the HN and open source community in particular) are so stupidly opinionated sometimes, it makes me just cringe whenever its impossible to ignore their dribble. There really is no excuse not to use HTTPS in 2019, period.