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It's a "Show HN" article. From the "Show HN" rules:

> Show HN is for something you've made that other people can play with. HN users can try it out, give you feedback, and ask questions in the thread.

https://news.ycombinator.com/showhn.html

There is nothing even remotely inappropriate being done here, except for your comment, which violates the self-same rules:

> Be respectful. Anyone sharing work is making a contribution, however modest.

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So when you'll find yourself looking at front page full of "woo look at my helloworld app btw here's our website"-like posts, would you still think the same? Every tolerance should have its limits.

Unlikely, but considering we have a Show HN section that is specifically intended for that, which garners its own interest, and competes against the other, non-Show articles for front page space, if the front page were filled with Show HN content, it would either be due to a slow news day, or because people were cranking out worthwhile-enough apps to merit front page supremacy.

Either way, your parade of horribles is unlikely to occur, or be that horrible if it were. To each their own though.

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