The video will probably do pretty well, giving him some personal traction for his channel or reputation. Also because hackers gonna hack.

It's obviously for the person who did it.

what's with hn being filled with assholes lately?

The amount of “why would somebody waste their time with this” comments is pretty surprising.

This guy is a legend now. Every developer slack channel at my company is buzzing about it

It's happened in the last couple of months, a clear uptick in aggressive comments. I'd hazard a guess at people using HN as an outlet for feeling angry and helpless about the US political situation.

He wanted to do it. Didn't hurt anyone. Why criticize?

Pushing the frontier is an end unto itself. The pure excess of this endeavor is a huge feat, and I for one am happy to enjoy just witnessing it.