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It’s actually a great reminder that a good framing and sales pitch matter a whole lot. The author isn’t just recounting their story, they’re selling it as a le
by kubb 2y ago
It’s actually a great reminder that a good framing and sales pitch matter a whole lot.
The author isn’t just recounting their story, they’re selling it as a lesson in a generic approach that will make you a better engineer.
Whether they can deliver on that promise doesn’t matter. It’s the feeling that’s clickable.
- karparov 2y agoTbf, it's not their fault it made it to the HN front page. Are we going to criticise every little innocent blog post just because somebody liked it, submitted it to HN and it got enough upvotes?
- kubb 2y agoI don’t see a problem with making polite observations about aspects of the content that makes it to the top.
- nkrisc 2y agoIf this isn’t a place to discuss the submissions, what is it?
- karparov 2y agoDiscussing is obviously fine. But sometimes some innocent blog posts get criticised as if they claimed that they solved world hunger. They don't. They are often just some random thought in a rarely-read blog. Nobody intended to go convince a gang of seasoned hackers that they have undisputable wisdom.