I am sorry for playing the devil's advocate. I also think that pipes are extremely useful and a very strong paradigm, and I use them daily in my work. Also it is not an accident that it is fundamental and integral part of powershell too.

But is this really HN top page worthy? I have seen this horse beaten to death for decades now. These kind of articles have been around since the very beginning of the internet.

Am I missing something newsworthy which makes this article different from the hundreds of thousands of similar articles?