I have been thinking the frustrations I am forming with writing software was due to an ever lowering barrier of entry. I never thought about mental laziness as a factor, but that explains the frustrations so much more clearly.

My frustrations as HN comments:

* Selective bias in candidate selection - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22098101

* Low productivity environments - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21965539

* False equivalence - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21904199

* There are only 2 APIs for working in the browser and yet most developers can't figure it out to save their careers - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21849398

* Invented Here stupidity - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21417450

* The DOM is a 20 year old standard that is the primary interface to any markup language and the primary interface when working in the browser, yet it is still somehow an arcane mystery of lost knowledge - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21069571

* More about hiring bias - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21015495

* Excessive sensitivity not found in other industries. I have heard that several psychologists are predicting my children's generation will be the most offensive generation as a counter to the extreme sensitivity (fragility) - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20668380

* More selective bias, online code tests. Now when I see online code tests without extremely specific grading criteria I instantly terminate the conversation. - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20605329