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This article is really shallowly and poorly-written, like one of those cheap "pop science" magazines. I wish Computer Science wasn't affected by this sort of bo
by winter_blue 3y ago
This article is really shallowly and poorly-written, like one of those cheap "pop science" magazines. I wish Computer Science wasn't affected by this sort of bottom-of-the-barrel journalism.
The author embellishes, makes sweeping inaccurate statements (that users only care about price and buying the cheapest product? that's patently untrue in any field), and dismisses technical excellence (like strong static typing) as meaningless. Terrible.
In my opinion, LWN is the gold standard of good technical journalism (on fairly-advanced topics, like operating system).
Hope more folk emulate LWN.
- debo_ 3y agoLWN is great. I also enjoyed this; I didn't take it very seriously, and I enjoyed the presentation of this history as a variant of the Iliad. I laughed quite a few times.
- giantrobot 3y agoI felt like I was experiencing the writer's ADHD trying to read the article. There was no real coherent narrative, just a bunch of quick cuts and asides. I've got my own ADHD, I don't need somebody else's as well.