[zbentley]

I sympathize with what you're complaining about, but I don't think GP is an instance of that. GP is (rightly, IMO) complaining that the linked article proposes something with extra steps that are not needed, as in: it could be easier than suggested. The typical HN gripes you describe are sort of the inverse of that: complaints that easy-to-use things (electron, npm) are flawed in comparison to their harder-to-use counterparts.