> Why would you say that?
Because it's true.
> Is it good form to post that someone is being contrarian for the sake of it?
It's orthogonal to good form - it's preserving the value of HN, which is meant for intellectual curiosity and not knee-jerk emotional reactions, like your comment.
> OP’s comment looks like constructive criticism with plenty of good points.
You must have missed the very first line in their comment where they said:
> Lots of praise for Pi in this thread, so I'll offer up a diverging opinion.
...which is literally admitting to being reflexively contrarian.
Additionally, their criticisms were extremely shallow and/or misleading, and I addressed every one.
> So what?
Nobody is inconvenienced by a 3.5s startup time of an application meant to run for hours or days. That's a trivial complaint akin to arguing about the color of paint on a bikeshed.
> Don’t be silly, JS is a joke. I was going to check Pi out, but now that I know it’s based on a shitty stack, I’m staying the fuck away from it. I don’t have the RAM to spare.
You're just operating based on emotion and not a state of reason or intellectual curiosity. And I highly doubt that you "were going to check Pi out" - this wording follows the pattern of fabricating falsehoods out rage due to an opinion expressed that you didn't like.
>> If these are your complaints, then this is one of the strongest endorsements of Pi that I've ever seen. I think I'm bookmarking this comment.
>> good form
Did you forget to make a point here?