[mr_justin]

The open-ended declaration "I can't believe you made $50k!" seems inappropriate and may have annoyed the theme author.

[bdickason]

That could be. I didn't think of it that way. It was meant to be more of a pat on the back! I'll definitely make sure that I qualify statements like that with a more direct positive enforcement.

[puns]

Can't believe this post made it to the front page of HN ;)

[bdickason]

I'm glad that it did :) Not for traffic, but because it taught me two lessons:

1) Don't write a blog post within minutes of an emotional experience

2) Focus on "what I learned" not "what they did to me"

I've now updated the post based on feedback in this thread.