On: Alex Gaynor - Thoughts on HipHop PHP

[synnik]

While I don't argue your point, I've noticed a number of recent comments on HN that say: "I'm a consultant, therefore I am right."

My concern is that there is a winnowing of the data that any consultant will be able to comment on:

In your case, the web sites you can base your conclusions on are the ones that feel the need to hire a consultant to do load testing. This is not necessarily a truly representative sample.

[ericb → synnik]

Surely there is a bias in my sample, but my sample is representative enough to counter a generalization about "almost every single website."