[danpalmer]

I can't tell if this is satire or not. If it is, fine, I feel like it could have gone further and been funnier.

If it's not satire, I think it's misguided in places. Saying that Ruby/Python are too slow for web development and that it should be done it Go instead is a very naive point of view, that focuses too much on the technology rather than the problem being solved. It blasts past the use of fonts and big (high quality?) images saying people don't care, but with no evidence for that.

There are also some odd points made, like the points about single page apps. SPAs have the potential to make more granular HTTP requests like the author is advocating for than what is possible with full page reloads. I also think it's a strong bias of engineers to consider HTTP to be the user experience, it's not.

There's good stuff in here, but a lot of it boils down to: think about your UX, consider what the best tools are for the job, don't follow hype without consideration. Unfortunately most of the examples and extrapolation from these starting points is fairly naive.