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I hate to be critical in a terribly ad hominem way, but I find programming/tech articles written in that '13 year old boy who has had a little too much fizzy pop to drink' style with the 'hilarious' l33t-speak aren't really helping eliminate some of the more negative preconceptions of us hackers out there.



yep, agreed ... especially because it sounds so artificial, like they're trying to make AT&T engineering seem hip and cool. if you read just the conclusion, it sounds like a normal article, so clearly someone made a concerted effort to sound 1337 in the rest of the article. if the author had really been a 13-year-old kid, the conclusion wouldn't sound so 'formal'


It's totally not artificial. That's just how Aaron (yc user tenderlove and author of the article) talks and writes. It's totally sincere. See his blog and twitter for further evidence. http://tenderlovemaking.com http://twitter.com/tenderlove


I think it is more than sincere, it is earnest.


I wrote this article like I am every day. Please read my personal blog or my twitter if you don't believe me:

http://tenderlovemaking.com/

http://twitter.com/tenderlove

I'm sorry. I will try to sound less artificial in the future. :-(


actually, I love your writing style


EDIT: sorry tenderlove ... that was just my gut first reaction. perhaps it was cognitive dissonance from seeing an AT&T Engineering banner mixed with an ultra-casual blog post :)


No problem! It's strange even to me!


I don't care, I've seen Aaron present with ninjas on stage.




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