[caaqil]

The author should consider smelling his own perfume, given the state and design of the site where he delivers his musings and gives us the moral lecture on not making the lives of one's customers miserable (without a hint of irony).

[zahlman]

> given the state and design of the site

Aside from the general policy on HN of not complaining about "tangential annoyances", I don't even see the issue.

[caaqil]

> "tangential annoyances"

It's relevant to the central argument of the article, so I don't consider it a tangent (assuming that one even cares about the so-called policy).