Twisted vs. Tornado: You're Both Idiots
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Twisted vs. Tornado: You're Both Idiots
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#2"""Anyway, when it comes to Twisted vs. Tornado for a Python web framework, I use Django. Why? Because it works, and my time is valuable."""
Who is the idiot here? I don't think the author understands the real power of async frameworks.
You can't use Django for anything that requires a massive amount of longer running connections. This is an area where frameworks like Twisted or Tornado shine. Comparing the two is silly.
Re: Twisted vs. Tornado: You're Both Idiots
#3"""Anyway, when it comes to Twisted vs. Tornado for a Python web framework, I use Django. Why? Because it works, and my time is valuable.""" Who is the idiot here? I don't think the author understands the real power of async frameworks. You can't use Django for anything that requires a massive amount of longer running connections. This is an area where frameworks like Twisted or Tornado shine. Comparing the two is si…
I can't read this article because teddziuba.com is blocked at work for some weird reason. Probably the same reason why uncov got blocked awhile back.
Without reading the article I can tell you I probably wouldn't say that the author is an idiot. However, I would probably say he is an opinionated asshole. Inflammatory titles are just used to get people to read his stuff.
Re: Twisted vs. Tornado: You're Both Idiots
#4"""Anyway, when it comes to Twisted vs. Tornado for a Python web framework, I use Django. Why? Because it works, and my time is valuable.""" Who is the idiot here? I don't think the author understands the real power of async frameworks. You can't use Django for anything that requires a massive amount of longer running connections. This is an area where frameworks like Twisted or Tornado shine. Comparing the two is si…
I can't read this article because teddziuba.com is blocked at work for some weird reason. Probably the same reason why uncov got blocked awhile back. Without reading the article I can tell you I probably wouldn't say that the author is an idiot. However, I would probably say he is an opinionated asshole. Inflammatory titles are just used to get people to read his stuff.
Basically, if Ted writes something, you can bet that he's calling someone an idiot or worse. It's boring after a while.
Re: Twisted vs. Tornado: You're Both Idiots
#5Shitting on things other people built is in such poor taste, imo. People built and released code that at least some other people are sure to find worthwhile. He's saying his time is valuable, yet he's using it to talk down the efforts of developers that released their code to the world?
Whatever.
Wake me up when Ted contributes something to the world other than sophomoric rants.
Re: Twisted vs. Tornado: You're Both Idiots
#6Earlier quoted context omitted.
I can't read this article because teddziuba.com is blocked at work for some weird reason. Probably the same reason why uncov got blocked awhile back. Without reading the article I can tell you I probably wouldn't say that the author is an idiot. However, I would probably say he is an opinionated asshole. Inflammatory titles are just used to get people to read his stuff.
Basically, if Ted writes something, you can bet that he's calling someone an idiot or worse. It's boring after a while.
I thought It was funny with uncov while Pressflip was in development and was trashing everyone elses startup. Less funny on El'Reg after leaving PressFlip(which appears to not be doing so great)
Re: Twisted vs. Tornado: You're Both Idiots
#7Earlier quoted context omitted.
I can't read this article because teddziuba.com is blocked at work for some weird reason. Probably the same reason why uncov got blocked awhile back. Without reading the article I can tell you I probably wouldn't say that the author is an idiot. However, I would probably say he is an opinionated asshole. Inflammatory titles are just used to get people to read his stuff.
Basically, if Ted writes something, you can bet that he's calling someone an idiot or worse. It's boring after a while.
It started off by making fun of people who post things on blogs... in a blog post. I stopped reading after that.
Re: Twisted vs. Tornado: You're Both Idiots
#8"""Anyway, when it comes to Twisted vs. Tornado for a Python web framework, I use Django. Why? Because it works, and my time is valuable.""" Who is the idiot here? I don't think the author understands the real power of async frameworks. You can't use Django for anything that requires a massive amount of longer running connections. This is an area where frameworks like Twisted or Tornado shine. Comparing the two is si…
While finding Ted's writing to be entertaining is a matter of taste, his point stands.
To paraphrase: Twisted, while not being the nicest code in the world, works well. Tornado tries to do the same and may be marginally better. That time may have been better spent getting more visitors.
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#9I think it is generally a bad idea for any entrepreneur to read things that Ted writes because if you surround yourself with the kind of blind negativity he perpetuates, you probably won't ever build anything interesting out of fear of attack. For all the YC folks here, develop thick skin and ignore shit like this.
Ignoring all the anti-FriendFeed comments, which are ironic on many levels, we didn't build Tornado to optimize requests/second. That is just something the community has focused on post-launch. We built it to handle large numbers of standing connections for FriendFeed's real-time features. That is an area that is hardly as well-developed or solved, and I am happy we contributed some useful code given how many people are becoming interested in the space.
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#10Being the person who blogged twice re: twisted.web vs tornado, I find Ted's post comical but irrelevant. I appreciate a lot of the other comments people have made on this thread.
On the greater state of the HN community... I find that several people have had pretty negative things to say about the work that I've done, rather than offering constructive feedback. Thankfully I have some thick skin, but it's otherwise demotivating and disenfranchising. It certainly doesn't encourage others to put themselves and their ideas/work out there.
HN is a community of really smart people and by sharing the work we do, we could/can all benefit from each other. For those who keep it positive, thank you...