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This piece would be better without all the preemptive self-congratulations.
by ForHackernews 7y ago
This piece would be better without all the preemptive self-congratulations.
- uxp100 7y agoIt would. But it is a repost from livejournal, so it's probably over 10 years old. I can understand not wanting to rewrite it. His newer writing is not like this. On the other hand, his newer writing is not so short.
- norswap 7y agoFor how good he actually is, he's actually being quite humble. And more importantly, the goal is not to make himself look good, but to relate a point as he experienced it.