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I'm interested in why that is relevant to the story?

Also can you please explain to me why Steve Yegge is so important? You obviously felt this point was important enough to mention.

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It seems relevant to HN's discussion of the story, because his blog post about leaving Google for Grab got 311 points + 182 comments https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16220666 , and a mainstream media article about that blog post got another 180 points + 89 comments https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16226439 . (It looks like you commented on both threads.)

I don't read the comment above is a reflection of Steve Yegge's importance in general, just as a useful piece of information linking this news to something HN previously thought was important (his move to Grab).

It's also likely that many others here, like me, only heard of Grab in the first place, because of the Yegge post.

He's a well-known technology blogger who went to work for the company mentioned in the headline.

A well known-technology blogger a decade ago?

I see 3 blog post in the last 10 years.

https://steve-yegge.blogspot.com/

And I recommend you go read everything he’s written.

And yet you can't say why. I just should because its "Yegge."

It's fascinating to me the cargo-culting of this person on HN. It's funny that the even questioning this person on HN invites immediate ire and downvotes.

At one point I did go read a handful of articles and I found none of them remarkable. I just found them self-indulgent.

So you do know who he is then?

You’re being downvoted since you are obviously trying to make a different point - that Yegge is overrated / overhyped / whatever - than what you led with, I.e. pretending to not know who he is and questioning why even mentioning him would be relevant.

I never pretended not to know who he was. I simply asked why it was relevant to mention him in this context.

Well that’s the appearance you gave by asking the question you did and saying there are only 3 posts from 10 years ago. But you know that.

Of course I can say why, but you didn’t ask that question.

His posts are thoroughly entertaining and well written. They’re long, but true to the title of “blog rants”. You might end up disagreeing with some of his opinions but that’s ok.

And if you’ve read some, and they’re not for you, that’s ok. But no need to shit on other people for enjoying them and claiming we’re in some kind of cult.

At the time they were written, his blog was one of the best in my opinion.

He's an interesting outspoken programmer that a lot of people respect his opinions.

Did you read that blog he wrote about Grab? I am curious if you respect his opinions in that. Most of it is pretty cringe-worthy not least of which of are his neo-colonial claims and stereotyping. Some highlights from the blog post include:

"I’m getting myself involved in a land war in Asia."

" ... because — as any Asian person will happily tell you — they love their food more than you do"

"Southeast Asians use smartphones possibly more than anyone else in the world."

> "I’m getting myself involved in a land war in Asia."

This is a humorous reference to the movie "Princess Bride," not a call to arms for neo-colonialism.

And you realize that that's a reference to General Montgomery right?

Ive been reading his blog posts for years, if you are going to form an opinion over one post Im not sure what to say to you.

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