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A better question would be: "Why would I use a generic title, if I dont agree with it in my own article?"

And the answer would be: " A click-bite title"..

I'm not sure what your objection is. People try to use mocks, and they don't work because they've mocked the wrong name. I explain this in the article. The article is about why their mock didn't work. How is this a misleading title? How is this a title I don't agree with?

Are we talking about the same piece and the same title? You seem to be under the impression that I am trying to tell people not to use mocks. Have you read the piece?

I notice that the title on HN is "Why a mock doesn't work," which could be interpreted as "Mocks don't work." My title was (and still is) "Why your mock doesn't work." I don't know if that is the source of the confusion.

Now you seem to be willfully misunderstanding. He states clearly that your article is specifically about mocking in python. But mocking as a concept need not relate to python at all. Hence the confusion.

A better title for your article would be "Why a mock doesn't work in python"

edit: I enjoyed the article by the way.

I can see why adding "Python" would help here on Hacker News. The original complaint seemed to go deeper than that, I think because the title here is different than the title on my site.

That's... not the reason.

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