[jsdalton]

The person who wrote the article is named John DeFeo, while the username of the HN submitter is josephjrobinson. While it is possible they are the same person, it seems unlikely.

This seems to be a common mistake on HN, and I point it out because you and others in this thread seem to have invested a fair amount of time in crafting a personal response to the author that may never actually be read by them.