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I find it odd that this was removed while things like vapor.js (http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1728645) get posted pretty frequently.
It's a real app, and it's also satire.

Just like how a satirical movie is still a movie.

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Meanwhile, you discover a long time down the road that the algorithm you thought was fine is actually incredibly slow when scaled to large inputs because you didn't have a good understanding of runtime analysis.

Or maybe, as you say, understanding more things makes you worse at coding. Who knows.

I think it says a lot here that I read that whole thing and still have no idea what you do or why you're touting it about like this.
Re:Fix HN by tying karma to upvotes. on Monday April 16, 2012 @10:07PM (#3850643)
No. No no no no no.

Karma being valued is a major part of WHY reddit is so awful.