[otterley]

> The title was the point of the post.

I still find it incredibly troubling. Not because the substance was wrong, but because a person of your caliber has stooped to the level of writing provocative headlines and language to attract attention. I strongly believe world-class technologists are supposed to be above that sort of thing. Leadership matters: not just thought leadership, but attitudinal leadership.

[tptacek]

The funniest thing about this post is that I was writing it, in my head, to a specific group of developers I've worked with, and who I know to be smart and more talented than me. What I should have seen coming was that when I described a group of people as the smartest developers I know, everybody who read it would think it was about them.

Live and learn.

[usef-]

fwiw, I don't think it was deliberately provocative for the goal of "attracting attention", it seemed to be his genuine belief.

I remember feeling similarly after seeing so many people denying what had already changed.

[pseudalopex]

He called it A heartfelt provocation.