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Well, if you write a blog post with the title "Lies we tell ourselves to keep using [X]" (where [X] is a reasonably popular programming language), that implies
by rob74 5y ago
Well, if you write a blog post with the title "Lies we tell ourselves to keep using [X]" (where [X] is a reasonably popular programming language), that implies that you think using [X] is a mistake and everyone who is currently using [X] is either clueless, deluded or trapped by "sunk costs". If you then continue with an article that further expands on just how bad [X] is in your opinion and that it has almost no redeeming qualities, that's pretty much the definition of flamebait...
- andrelaszlo 5y agoOk, I get it! I was mostly surprised, but reading dang's comment (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31207191 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31207191) it starts to make sense. The dots that I didn't connect was that the post was a reply to the response on HN and since the post was controversial, it (being a HN comment, in a sense) should have been "more thoughtful and substantive, not less". Perhaps the headline was the worst part of the article? Like you say - "Lies we tell ourselves to keep using [X]" could have just been "Common reasons to use [X], and why I disagree with them". Thanks for pointing it out!