I like the Fly.io folks! But asking questions should never be off the table; how else would you be curious?

[1] https://ourincrediblejourney.tumblr.com/

(it is unfortunate that something with so much value and enjoyment like HN is a product of an investment firm, but a component of life is compromise)

This is not what curiosity looks like, is my point.

I don’t think anyone wants HN to become an echo chamber that believes VC funding is the solution to all problems.

Why do missionaries go where no one believes their religion already? The idea that you must already be a believer in some community to participate in the community makes little sense and certainly isn't a good way to make progress.

> I guess my only other question is why seek attention like this?

Would you also characterize your own reply as mere attention seeking?

And further, why go on a (holy) mission to convince people funding companies is bad? That's a weird windmill to tilt at...

Svelte, SolidJS, Remix, and NextJS are all tied to San Francisco venture capitalism and that's got me worried about their future.

Go back to when I joined HN in 2012, and one of the most constant things you would hear over and over is exactly the stuff I’m saying now - namely MBAs and “start up” founders generally aren’t your friends.

The top advice in 2014 on HN: Unless you’re an early founder, you’re going to get screwed over no matter what in the start up until you’re better off working at a big company.

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

I stand by my point though that the culture has significantly changed since 2012 - you of all people know that.

Just go back and look a decade ago at when people would post “hey we raise all this money” posts.

A full half of the comments would be like “nobody cares that you raise money are you actually doing something important?” or similar.

Tbh I think it was a healthier perspective, and we need to bring more “hacker” back.

And you're being awfully reasonable now, once we've gotten past the bombastic opening claim. I think part of what makes HN great is that at least sometimes we can skip that opening wild claim.