I'm getting more than a little tired of the star programmer rivalry. To see a great site like HN join in would seriously crush me. I come here to read news, regardless of where it comes from and regardless of whether I agree with it or not.

Isn't that the point? If everything were censored and all we ever heard about was TDD and how great and spiffy it is how would we ever know why? Why is Jeff Atwood to be despised? Why is "An open letter to Steve Jobs about approving the amber alert application" more appropriate than "Sharpening the Saw"?

I want the good, the bad and the ugly. I agree with censoring spam, sites that are gaming the system, and the like but this is just silly. It all seems very ad hominem to me. Get off your soap box and write something worth while.

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