Perhaps this is the kind of thing GNOME devs talk about among themselves, but to write it for public consumption and submit to HN, ostensibly looking for valida

Perhaps this is the kind of thing GNOME devs talk about among themselves, but to write it for public consumption and submit to HN, ostensibly looking for validation (or to troll), is a pretty epic PR fail. Not only is the author not taking Machiavelli's advice, he's gloating that he isn't.