> I'm only halfway into the first chapter but I already hate it. Can you please make your substantive points more respectfully? This is in the Show HN guidelin

> I'm only halfway into the first chapter but I already hate it. Can you please make your substantive points more respectfully? This is in the Show HN guidelines: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html. Your comment would be just fine without that first sentence. When people share their work, they're putting themselves in a vulnerable position, and there's no need to lead with a smack.