But it indeed seems to be somebody who is claiming to be the author of the SO post (perhaps for karma?). They only created the HN account today in order to pos

But it indeed seems to be somebody who is claiming to be the author of the SO post (perhaps for karma?). They only created the HN account today in order to post this story, and they chose a username which is obviously a reference to Michiel de Mare from the SO post. Whereas according to mmare's profile, he's been around on HN for a good while now. I agree that it's strange.