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Because bullshit baffles brains

There seems to be this recurring theme in tech media that "gee, wiz! anybody can be 'coder'!". I call bullshit - this article smells like a PR gimmick. While I have no doubt that she picked up the rudiments of programming within this time, I think it's fairly clear that she had "spilled the beans" in order to take this project to the extent that it is available today.

Good for those guys for living the dream. Too bad that dream didn't also result in job creation in Vancouver, Canada.

There is quite a bit of noise in media about the economic benefits of investing in foreign entrepreneurs. Unfortunately, it strikes me that these guys chose the quick win and we will now see those economics benefits move south of the Canadian border.

I've looked at flask briefly, but it strikes me that a bare-bones django project is every bit as lightweight as a bare-bones flask project(i.e. use what you need). That said, if a flask project grows beyond a trivial app, don't you necessarily need to rebuild(or seek out) much of the great functionality that django already provides?

I agree, most startups do suck. That said, the article was very poorly written and the argument was without substance.

In principle, I can appreciate the need to be 'lean' and nimble when starting out, however, these concepts are not new, and Eric Reis certainly did not spearhead this method.

Eric Reis has done a great job at making noise and he has demonstrated that he is a consummate salesman. While the concepts that he espouses aren't exactly innovative, there is no doubt, a deep appeal, particularly to those who are seduced by the 'gold rush fever' that is driving this current tech boom(bubble?).

Ultimately, it strikes me that this guy is a huckster who is fast becoming the spokesperson for a growing league of entrepreneur-wannabes in search for a piece of 'social' pie.

No thanks, I think I will wait for another couple of years until the next fan-boy tool comes along.

Glad that was cleared up. All this time, I thought a 'hacker' was a navel gazing, media junky who happens to know a bit of ruby on rails and javascript!

Glad that was cleared up. All this time, I thought a 'hacker' was a navel gazing, media junky who happens to know a bit of ruby on rails and javascript!

Let me guess - Brazilian Jujitsu.