[jrabone]

It's Ruby. Every little fucking thing is front page news, from drama to RC releases to security holes. Welcome to programming by celebrity, where what you write isn't half so important as what you write it in, and how many tweets it generates.

[pekk]

Because Rails is very popular and serves a particularly vital role in the startup world that HN caters to.

I find this less irritating than constant press release spam from commercial products, at least.

[anko]

you sound bitter.

[TallboyOne]

Quite bitter.