Yeah. In that thread at the time [0] I remarked that the "burning platform" theme/metaphor was highly unoriginal, and therefore, not a good sign. I was afraid

Yeah. In that thread at the time [0] I remarked that the "burning platform" theme/metaphor was highly unoriginal, and therefore, not a good sign. I was afraid disaster would ensue... Maybe it was impossible to do better, but it seems it would have been difficult to do worse. [0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2196311 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2196311