Well, my motivation in writing the blog was in response to the people who replied to the last HN story on App Engine saying the author was clueless and just did

Well, my motivation in writing the blog was in response to the people who replied to the last HN story on App Engine saying the author was clueless and just didn't know what he was doing. For what it's worth, there are a lot of other very bright people that have had the same issues and came to the same conclusion.