4 ms·

Apart from actually delivering, rails was the first framework to actually "market" itself as sexy that I have heard about. And it worked. Maybe programmers want

• pvg 17y ago
  This is a bit of a straw man, though - the opposite of 'bad, vapid, uninformative writing' is not 'detailed specifications'. It's writing that's good, succinct and informative. There's no reason such writing should not convey one's enthusiasm or infectious excitement about the topic. There's certainly a lot more leeway in a general product website, especially when your product is so well-established the bad writing almost doesn't matter. It's hardly a luxury an unestablished player, let alone someone looking for funding can afford, though. Besides, simply because you can afford to get away with badness doesn't actually make it anything better than bad. One way to read Cuban's message could be 'You're likely misestimating the point at which you can pass drivel for communication so don't.'