[jimbokun]

"But a startup was probably the worst first endeavor for them. I think it's better to go through your male-programmer-humiliation on someone else's dollar."

I don't know. It seems like they are earning their "male-programmer-humiliation" in the most efficient way possible. If having an article about how atrociously buggy your code is at the top of Hacker News doesn't teach one instant humility, nothing will.