[Cyberdog]

> Honestly kind of a depressing thing to read on "Hacker News"

Is it? For many of us, our computers are tools we use to get jobs done, so stability and predictability in function are far more valuable than something that looks pretty. Ask a carpenter if he wants glitter on their hammer, or a plumber if they need tinsel on their monkey wrench (oh and also the nut screws the opposite direction because some programmer with UX designer aspirations thought that might be neat two decades ago).

[Seirdy]

I think the implication was that this site was supposed to entertain "hacker culture" rather than "software development culture". I've also noticed a general trend from "Hacker News" to "Software Developer News", and sometimes joke about petitioning to rename the site.

Treating a computer as nothing more than a tool to get a job done is perfectly valid, but other people see general-purpose computing as a medium of self-expression and something that has value in and of itself. The latter group understandably enjoys sharing experiences with others who feel a similar way. Many came to HN hoping to find a space for that (since the site was marketed towards "hackers"), but have since been disappointed. That's probably the sentiment that the text you quoted comes from.