Does it though? I understand the value that Electron brings, but at the same time, that doesn't make it immune to criticism. 100MB+ for every instance of a hello world application is stupid. It's because people thought it was stupid that the linked article and the software for it was written, and why it was posted on HN, and why it was upvoted.

You might not like that people have criticisms of Electron, but that doesn't mean there's not room for improvement, and certainly just jumping at this guys name rather than his argument makes your comment less valuable than his.