I also like how the HN submitter changed the name of the programming language to "Golang". I guess they also call Ruby "ruby-lang" since they didn't get "ruby.org"?
https://go.dev/doc/faq#go_or_golang
I use “golang” for clarity all the time, and I’m sure many others do as well. There’s no ambiguity you’re talking about the language then.
The thing is that the article title uses Go while the submission here uses Golang. I wouldn't be too happy if someone submitted one of my articles and changed words like that, especially if it's to something I dislike. That's also why I complained about the editorializing in the first place, because I'd be a bit peeved if someone added something like "best-kept secret" in there (but the article title changed, so that's now a moot point).
Conversely, I'd also never change "golang" to "Go" when submitting something.
gus_leonel appears to be a pseudonym for the author of the post. They have essentially no comments and most of their submissions are related to this Bitfield Consulting. So it's the author editorializing their own submission titles.
I also get into a habit of “Rust lang” because of the video game.
Yes, I could do a bunch of search engine customization stuff or pick someone else’s favourite engine. But this is simpler.
Yeah, the names don’t match, but out of all of the things they submitted, at least half are articles from this site.
But beyond that, I mean, does it matter? You might not appreciate it, sure, but you’re also not the original author. I’d get the argument if the author came in and said it, but at this point this just seems like complaining for complaining’s sake and you not agreeing with the phrasing used in the article or submission title. That’s certainly your opinion to have, but is there any benefit to expressing it? This doesn’t seem like a relevant discussion about the article contents.
Well, no, but I'd rather not assume anything: just let the author pick the title.
(I assumed that "gus_leonel" wasn't the author, since John Arundel has his own HN account under his regular "bitfield" username, but they do post a lot from bitfieldconsulting, so idk).
All this discussion seems to be doing is derailing the comment threads. Almost half the comments here are not about the article itself but your opinions on the words used in the title.
This is also a funny way to not assume anything:
> (I assumed that “gus_leonel” wasn’t the author
> Well no, but I’d rather not assume anything
I don’t see the benefit of this discussion existing in the first place, let alone continuing it, so I’m going to stop here.
Most won't know it's posted, or won't see until after it no longer matters. "Don't editorialize" is the simplest and surest way to respect the original author.
"Don't editorialize titles unless the original title is very nondescript or clickbait-y" is not a controversial HN policy.