I think it sort of misses the point. Both Jeff and Joel write blogs about software development and how they think you can do it better. They don't claim to be s

I think it sort of misses the point. Both Jeff and Joel write blogs about software development and how they think you can do it better. They don't claim to be solving the world's problems themselves, they're just saying "here's a bunch of stuff we found useful or interesting". Jeff in particular I think is a relatively modest guy who these days knows he has a certain level of clout and uses it to raise the profile of ideas he finds interesting or useful. I don't think he claims to be a genius solving the problems of software development single handedly. Personally I think you've got to be a fairly bitter individual to dislike internet-Jeff (by which I mean the public Jeff Atwood - IRL he may kick kittens for fun in which case hate away if you have personal reasons to think he's a bad person). Disagree with him about things sure, but I really struggle to see what there is to suggest that he's anything other than a decent member of the human race.