I think his complain is that hacker news gets a bit cargo culty with trendy languages. It doesn't really matter how novel, interesting, or well-constructed the

I think his complain is that hacker news gets a bit cargo culty with trendy languages. It doesn't really matter how novel, interesting, or well-constructed the project is, if it's implemented in whatever language is popular at the time, it has a good chance of making it to the front page.