Haha I think that's true. I wouldn't say HN is toxic but the pedantic nature of so many comments is exhausting. And there are a lot of strongly opinionated eng

Haha I think that's true. I wouldn't say HN is toxic but the pedantic nature of so many comments is exhausting. And there are a lot of strongly opinionated engineers that can't imagine that tech they dislike or they aren't familiar with may actually be better at solving many other problems. Everyone gets caught up in trying to be right, but some people have not yet realized how damaging that can be to their relationships. It may seem like it's not a big deal online, but that will carry over to your personal life. Neil deGrasse Tyson said his father stressed to him that it wasn't enough to be right, one must be effective. That stuck with me as a powerful reminder to try and focus on the effective part. It will preserve and build relationships and often surprise you in making you realize that when you try to explain something instead of insisting on it, you are either wrong or could be wrong.