The problem, as I pointed out elsewhere, is that the post makes very few constructive comments and presents a lot of opinions and assertions without justification or reasoning, making it extremely hard to actually make meaningful comments about. As someone else pointed out, if it were an HN comment, it would be flagged.

I don’t agree that this is a statement about complexity, so much as it is a rant about the author being inconvenienced by technology they personally deem pointless and unnecessary. If the CoreOS comments aren’t a sufficient red flag, the HTTP/2 ones really ought to be. Also, some etcd users debate their assertions about newer versions being more complex internally. On the other hand, its difficult to argue with overly cynical type attitudes.