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Comment by lucideer | Hacker News Reader

I was reading the first few and thinking "No... No... Hrmmm... this seems really misinformed" before it dawned on me around point 5 that the whole thing is satire.

It eases you into the realisation nice and slowly. I'm guessing given the penchant for people to comment based purely on titles, some won't even get that far.

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Excellent, that's exactly the effect I was going for. My posts have about a 75% abandonment rate, though, so most of the people who hit the post probably won't stick around long enough to get the joke. Oh well.

Great article. I laughed a lot. Thanks for that!

You're welcome! Thanks for the compliment.

The satire doesn't come across very strong and makes the author look uninformed. CSS has its ups and downs but the problems faced in the article have been known and solved for years in production environments across the web. The article is basically misleading with no answer for those unaware.

Sorry if this feels harsh but reading through was fairly unpleasant.

Thanks for the feedback. I basically feel like if someone can get through number 6 without smelling the satire, perhaps they're not paying attention.

I knew it was not intended as serious before point 1. The technical stuff /code was so general and lacking specifics that it was very clear.

The satire was fantastic, I loved it. I think humour is very subjective.

I'm not sure if you read the entire article, but if not, I'd highly recommend persevering. The first few points seem completely and worryingly serious, but by the end it's absolutely blatant.

I can't decide if posting on Medium is perfect execution or the thing failing you ;)

It sure gets more hits than my MySpace profile

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