[diebeforei485]

It's not about "wanting the author to improve". People are free to write on their own personal blog with as much snark as they like, in whatever style they prefer.

However, what seems to have happened here is that a bunch of folks are upvoting this link to the top of HN because of who the author is.

Meanwhile, other HN readers find this particular post to be a waste of time because, frankly, the content of the post itself is not particularly interesting or useful for most HN readers. Other posts[1][2] by this author have been much better suited for the top of HN, for example

[1] https://rachelbythebay.com/w/2018/04/23/pace/ [2] https://rachelbythebay.com/w/2019/11/18/oldbash/

[Rapzid]

I think that kinda hits the nail on the head. For a lot of people on HN the information being presented in the posts isn't new or particularly insightful. So to read the information presented in a tone where the author believes they are the only ones with the "true knowledge" can be very off-putting.

But of course there are other people that may get more out of it and not have a negative reaction to it.