This strikes me as a top ten list searching for content. It's a shotgun-blast of advice: there's a big hole in the wall but it's not clear if there was a targe

This strikes me as a top ten list searching for content. It's a shotgun-blast of advice: there's a big hole in the wall but it's not clear if there was a target. If HN were to have a programmatic dampening of "top N list" submission ratings, I would not complain.