[recursivedoubts]

Perhaps it is a strange take, but LtU seemed a lot more relevant to programming in general earlier in the millenia when the programming language question was less settled. From what I remember the really hot discussions were around things like closures, generic programming, dynamic typing, etc. Lots of new and potentially relevant languages were emerging so there was just more tumult in general, and a lot more interest in language features amongst generalists.

Perhaps my biases though: maybe there was some other reason why LtU ended up getting a lot quieter.