Ask HN: Why are programmers so cynical?
Obviously a generalization, but I think we can all agree that it's become a sort of meme now on HN. A startup will launch and there will be at least a few people determined to make known why they think the startup should not exist, often with a cynical tone.The classic example is the Dropbox launch [0]. A more recent example might be the Mighty launch [1].Why do we think this is? Is cynicism...