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Coding Horror initially attracted me as a reader because it had some interesting anecdotes. Since then, I've been growing more and more disappointed, but this p
by CodeMage 17y ago
Coding Horror initially attracted me as a reader because it had some interesting anecdotes. Since then, I've been growing more and more disappointed, but this post reached a new threshold.
Maybe I'm too sensitive, but I find it condescending to imply that Steve Yegge decided to stop blogging because he can't handle criticism. Furthermore, the whole Susan Boyle reference seems like sensationalist approach to criticizing sensationalism.
With this post, Coding Horror has just jumped the proverbial shark. Or maybe it did so a long time ago and I didn't notice...
- ankhmoop 17y agoCoding Horror didn't jump the shark, it is the shark. Atwood has been dispensing profoundly bad development advice for years, leveraging interesting (but pointless) anecdote and provocative opinions to drive traffic and interest.
- amilr 17y agoSteve Yegge said this in the comments to his last blog post: "The short answer for why I'm going into blog-retirement is: insufficient return on investment. It's nice that some people like it, but it's too much work for the stress it's given me over the past 5 years."