"My main problem with it is that ESR is unable to differentiate between being a good programmer and being ESR." This line really identifies what my issue with

"My main problem with it is that ESR is unable to differentiate between being a good programmer and being ESR." This line really identifies what my issue with ESR is. I've skimmed over his writings, and he definitely mixes the skill of being a hacker with his own beliefs about what that person should think and how that person should act. That theme definitely runs in his blog - the technical aspects of are great, but there's definitely a lot of humble bragging going on as well as most of the commentors being nothing more than an echo chamber.