I was able to dive right in and read it. I don’t think every blog post needs to be a standalone document. I’m always surprised at the whiny comments from HN readers like the one above: for a site that likes to act tech savvy, some folks on here are shockingly incapable of using a basic search engine to do their own background reading.

If I could predict the ones that will get traction on HN, I'd make sure to give them good intros. Oh well.