Author here. Yes, the overall feeling I'm getting from the responses is a disappointment that I didn't get to this. Initially that had been my intent, but as

Author here. Yes, the overall feeling I'm getting from the responses is a disappointment that I didn't get to this. Initially that had been my intent, but as I wrote it I realised I was trying to crowbar too much into a single article. However, I am pleased that people seem to agree with this article's diagnosis of the problem. The next article will build upon this one (and others in the series). Hopefully it will be equally well considered on HN, I am interested to see how it goes down.