If you're posting an article, you should post the link instead of the full text, FYI. If you want to do a Tell HN that works too, but then there would be no need to include the link at the bottom.
I actually appreciated to read this article in full on HN. People should do that more often…
Yes, no pictures, no ads, I liked this format as well.
When there's no domain listed on the front page listing, it is harder to tell what is worth checking out.
I disagree - HN already gets enough self-promotion, the last thing we need is everybody copy/pasting their blog-based marketing here. This specific article was decent, but it absolutely is marketing and I don't want to encourage that.
FWIW, for this sort of thing I prefer the fulltext on HN, rather than clicking through to some ad-filled, slow and bloated destination that fingerprints my browser and tracks me forever.