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The article actually is quite thoughtful and friendly ... ya know, if you actually read it. ;)

I did read it. I have no problem with the article (and I actually think both Heroku and RoR are brilliant), but the title is so DHH-like I couldn't resist.. I hope you don't take any offense, honestly none intended.

sadly, these types of titles are the way to get on the front page of sites like this.

The title puts me off reading it.

Perhaps "Heroku in Ruby solves <problem X>" ?

Aw, c'mon. The title's so over-the-top you can't take it seriously. I thought it was playful.

It is not so over the top it is playful it is just an purposefully eye grabbing title/intro paragraph to get attention

You can be both playful and eye-grabbing. Example: "Buy this magazine or we'll shoot this dog."

I guess I kind of did because there's a lot of hyped titles, so I tend to filter them out.

But you're right, we can take ourselves a bit seriously on HN.

And ironic, to boot. The author didn't start using it until shortly before he wrote the article.

About as playful as 'You're an idiot if you take this comment seriously.'

Well, you are, aren't you? I mean, if my comment enlightens you, then take what you can from it. But if it doesn't, why the fuck should you care about it? It's an Internet comment. Either have fun with it or go find something you legit enjoy.

I found the tone of the title and the whole article arrogant, rather than playful.

I can't help wondering at the small view of the world implied in the title. People are still creating interesting software applications that are not web apps. Those people won't give a damn about Heroku, and they are not idiots.

See, this is why it's a playful title and not a literal one, which is why so many literal-minded people don't like it. If you really take everything you read at face value, you're missing out on a lot of fun frivolities to be had. Life should not be so serious that a title of an article irritates you like that.

I'm pretty amazed by this whole thread, to be honest. Do people really believe that the author thinks they're idiots?

Exactly. :)

They'd have to be pretty goddamn stup...

I can promise I wasn't being arrogant. The title was just meant to catch eyes and only targeted at Ruby devs.

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