I've now started flagging these kinds of submissions on HN, for the simple reason that they are little more than ads for something vaguely specified that may or may not even exist yet. There is absolutely no directly actionable content in this article that I can see, nor any other original ideas that anyone following HN doesn't see several times a week on the front page alone.

I post this only so I can note that this is not intended as a criticism of Patrick, just a view that the hero worship and endless reposting of A/B evangelism has far overstayed its welcome IMHO. If people want to read the fluff as well, then as we get told every five minutes they can sign up for Patrick's newsletter. Please, for the love of all that is holy, spare those of us who have chosen not to do so the endless join-my-mailing-list spam that is starting to dominate HN, and save the HN submissions for substantial content.