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Never thought I’d see anti-article sentiment on HN, and more generally, not sure what sort of response you expect to generate. Why comment at all? To avoid mo
by jwilber 6y ago
Never thought I’d see anti-article sentiment on HN, and more generally, not sure what sort of response you expect to generate. Why comment at all?
To avoid more of the same, I’ll say that the article itself is pretty detailed, but whereas Netflix blog-posts are more general, this one feels hyper-specific. That’s great if you’re tied to aws, but I think the former has longer-lasting + further-reaching utility.
Hope they do more.
- BiteCode_dev 6y agoNot an anti-article sentiment, but I dislike the trend of big companies pretending they care about the nerds just because they realize they need them for one particular objective. It's an anti-marketing sentiment.
- jwilber 6y agoThat makes more sense. I think it’s worth framing differently, though. Big companies aren’t writing the doc, per se. Engineers interested in the material are. And often, they want the opportunity to do so - it’s something of a stamp for “expertise” in their favor. Assuming the post is actual quality, it’s a marketing win for the company, a professional/developmental win for the employee, and an informational win for everyone else.