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I genuinely enjoyed this comment. Really. It's probably the most passionate response I've received.

I was going to argue with you point-by-point, particularly about your false claim that I didn't include any examples (which another commenter addressed, and you acknowledged). At the end of it all, after a lot of flailing, I think this is really your thesis:

"Software is a constant process of settling for mediocrity."

I think we're just going to have to agree to disagree there. If that's how you approach what you do, then I understand your position. If that's your approach, then sure, AIR is a reasonable choice. That isn't my approach, and I think it's also not the approach of the people who, much to your befuddlement, keep upvoting this story and tweeting positively about the post.



Yeah, settling for mediocrity didn't work out for those Twitter guys either =)


If anyone's still interested my blog-in-reply is here: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2111686




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