paddy carver
This post was written more than five years ago. I may still stand by it, but I may not. I try to grow as a person over time, and that inevitably means some of the stuff I wrote or thought before is embarrassing now, just like the things I write and think now will hopefully embarrass me in the future. I try to leave that old content up to preserve links and not pretend it didn’t happen, but that doesn’t mean I still endorse it. If you’re curious whether I still stand by this post, the best way to find out is to just ask me.
This is a talk I gave at Ignite Buffalo, largely because I wanted to make the reference to René Magritte and The Treachery of Images.
The talk walks through my experiences with Hacker News comments, and sums up why they’re terrible. It suggests ways to avoid them. And most of all, it serves as a reminder to Make Good Art.
You can see a great video of the talk. Ignore my “ummmm”s and “like”s.