Look, I get the issues with startup culture but this guy doesn't offer any reasonable suggestions on how to fix them and just uses his Medium soapbox to throw a tantrum. If you want things to change, writing an article with 35 "fucks" is not the way to do it.
I've been reading Real World Haskell recently and loving it. It does a fantastic job of blowing your mind while simultaneously showing you how to apply Haskell to real-world problems.
This looks awesome, but I'm slightly confused with the mission of this project. Is it meant to provide a simplified operating system to encourage tinkering, or a minimal "old-school" environment in which to learn "higher-level" programming on?
Marco has actually been quite influential in my growth as a developer, I have nothing against him personally. That being said, I do not want to pay for a service that limits my access to content when there are other similar services that do not.
Fresh beans - Burr grinder - Aeropress. The three ingredients you need to make a pretty darn good cup of joe. It takes about 10 minutes to reach Nirvana this way. Pretty inexpensive as well.
I remember hearing once (possible on Marco Arment's Build and Analyze) that million dollar ideas aren't created overnight. Companies like Rovio (creators of Angry Birds) had to suffer through tons of failed products before they struck gold. I think this article shows the value of perseverance and poses a very important question: when do you quit and try something new.
I agree. I have always steered away from sites that require "facebook connect." I'm worried one day many more sites that I use daily require Facebook, which I don't use.