I dunno. When I started lurking on HN a few years ago, I used MSVC on Windows. Now I'm an OSS advocate with the standard issue MacBook Pro, a FreeBSD desktop, m

I dunno. When I started lurking on HN a few years ago, I used MSVC on Windows. Now I'm an OSS advocate with the standard issue MacBook Pro, a FreeBSD desktop, my code lives on GitHub, I'm involved in a startup and guess which editor I use? How did that happen? The HN community decided what they liked and continued to reinforce it with articles, blog posts, tutorials. And if the next generation of HNers are to have a similar experience, I don't think that evangelism of such things is a bad thing. Sure, it's boring for you, but we're getting new people here every day. Want to sell them emacs instead? You can. These choices aren't set in stone, and I'd argue that HN is more or less pragmatic. If something becomes inconvenient to use, cue the posts about alternatives.