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I just finished reading Daily Rituals. It's a book about the work habits of famous writers, composers, artists, architects, and the like. One thing that caught my attention was how…

I don't see how you can just dismiss dhh's story and then come up with a drab story of a workaholic chasing ambition as a "far better example". I have way more empathy for the 'fir…

You don't actually mention anything that's wrong with any of the libraries. Most of them seem well written. So why would the web need a fresh start?

I get your point, I really do. It's a decent argument, but if that's his gasoline, let him use it. Motivation is a hard thing to come by and his story just illustrates how hard it …

Different languages are good at different things. Some are good for pattern matching, others are great for describing algorithms, others are fit well into a specific OS ecosystem, …