> I think the author just finds C++ fun for some complex combination of personal factors, which is fine. Perhaps partly due to a "hacker" type personality. I t

> I think the author just finds C++ fun for some complex combination of personal factors, which is fine. Perhaps partly due to a "hacker" type personality. I think that sums up the point of the article just fine. To me at least, it's not so much that it's confused as that it's him being excited about having fun and doing his best to share his joy. Which means that, sure, it's not a proper essay at all, it's not really trying to convince you to agree so much as saying "if you find this relatable without me trying to actively convince you, maybe you'd find it fun too." I think given you've been mugged by reality in commercial work to the point of tiredness, your not finding it to make sense at all is completely understandable, though. I'm currently having a blast writing javascript of all things, and I imagine if I wrote up a similar blog post explaining why it'd come across just as badly to somebody burned out on the last decade of commercial javascript too. But I'm glad he's having fun, and I'm glad he decided to share the joy.