This is exactly the sense I get. Plus, he's a programmer ("one of us") and a lawyer ("one of them") and can thus bridge the gap between the tech world and the "

This is exactly the sense I get. Plus, he's a programmer ("one of us") and a lawyer ("one of them") and can thus bridge the gap between the tech world and the "real" world -- if anything, we should be hoping for 100 more rayiners on HN.