Thank you for this review. It helped me decide not to read the article, both because it doesn't have content and because I have been deliberately avoiding knowing _why's "real" name.
I disagree that it doesn't have content. It's an article oriented to relating to non-programmers what it is like to learn to program, and for that audience I think it does it's job well.
edit: also I am curious how you can decide an article that you haven't read has no content.
It's an article oriented to relating to non-programmers what it is like to learn to program
I am not sure that is true. I think it is one very non-technical person's experience with self-thought Ruby. And as such it is very much what you'd expect, hard and full of frustration.
Beyond that it's a pleasant read, right until the end where she actually tracks down _why and prints that information!
Journalistic duty my ass. Journalistic duty would be hounding the administration over the whole "due process is not judicial process" when it comes to killing Americans.
Stalking some guy because he was Internet famous for a while is not it.
edit: also I am curious how you can decide an article that you haven't read has no content.