They're gaming the system by producing intellectually stimulating quality material aimed at the hackernews demographic!
I thought the same after seeing in the corner of my eye 2nd article - didn't know they did more (and likely have more in the backlog). Fantastic pr with genuine value.
As the average HN consumer, I can get behind this.
hm damn, where's the median HN consumer when you need them?
I wonder how big their backlog of posts is. A single, short blog post takes me several hours to write and I need to plan each one in the back of my mind for about a week beforehand.
Seems like they have 24/25
> each day until this Christmas, we will explain one core piece.