This article does link to the original, so it's not uncredited plagiarism. But it still feels a bit odd. The original has been discussed really extensively on HN in the past, and even quite recently:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9291215
If you could read the advice of a from carpenter 2000 years ago, I think he'd also be talking a lot about how humans make errors and need to account for that.
They also end up with some kind of cruft, or annoyance. A time-tested tool has time-tested failure modes. Everyone eventually figures out they need to start a nail with taps and remove their hand before swinging. Some people prefer to figure it out on their own, others like to know the path ahead.
We always can discuss it a little bit longer
https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html
"If a story has not had significant attention in the last year or so, a small number of reposts is ok. Otherwise we bury reposts as duplicates."
Which is why I explicitly stated I assumed it's just an experiment of sorts and I didn't imply anything nefarious.
The optics of posting the same links from the same websites suggest going beyond "I found this interesting" towards something more about getting the clicks.
Sometimes HN is used just to garner audience, and while the letter of the rules may be observed, the spirit certainly isn't [0] (you may need to enable seeing dead threads).
(To clarify, I’m not the one who downvoted your comment above)
I don't think any other article talks about Choosing Boring Tech in the context of Kubernetes, and building a one-man SaaS.
Could you please clarify what you found odd? I'm just curious.
This meant there was a major feeling of deja vu, it didn't feel like a particularly original take on the subject. Maybe the feeling would not have been there if it had been more obvious. I.e. titled something like "My take on 'Choose Boring Technology'", the link moved to the opening paragraph, and explicitly stating that you were reframing that original article in terms of your own experience.
(But to to repeat, I'm not claiming that anything untoward happened here).
This is not forbidden as far I know, but not really the kind of behavior HN users like
I do mention what I’m doing to build a product, if you find it interesting, great. If not, feel free to ignore it.
But that is not at all the point of the article.
I'm just trying to share the lessons learned while building a product, and if someone finds my product interesting, that's great, if not, fine too.
I like to read original content on HN (and I accept that this is not the case of everyone) so I don't really like when a topic keeps coming and doesn't bring anything new to the discussion.
Anyway it seems like you are deep into copying the stuff of others as Panelbear look a lot like a copy of SimpleAnalytics
> Anyway it seems like you are deep into copying the stuff of others as Panelbear look a lot like a copy of SimpleAnalytics
I was unhappy with existing solutions, so I built my own.
It is fine to value novelty.
And also sometimes it is important and useful to return to tried-and-true ideas that others are already familiar with.
Example: If you want people's opinions on something you've realised about Kubernetes, it can be really helpful to put that discussion within a tried-and-true conceptual framework like "Choose Boring Technology"
Do not deny it to them or belittle those that provide said opportunity. Your past is not their past.