Hi HN. I'm the original author, and I certainly didn't expect this to show up on HN. Ill be the first to admit I would've liked a little bit more time to resear

Hi HN. I'm the original author, and I certainly didn't expect this to show up on HN. Ill be the first to admit I would've liked a little bit more time to research, and this is my first article for somebody else. I'm an aspiring writer and I'm new to the big bad world of long-form journalism; so treat me nice :) Comments about the ugly parts of the writeup are obviously welcome !