[ahoyhere]

Saying "I wouldn't trust my xyz to a person who does abc" is not a witchhunt, it's a statement of opinion based on another person's very public and controversial choices.

Am I not allowed to find cross-compiling to PHP, ASP and vbscript technically questionable?

Or be wary that their founder claims that one of their apps has "literally millions" of calculations on a single page?

That just seems like exercising discretion. Just like everyone does when some free service turns draconian and some HNers complain and other HNers say "Well look what they did to their last startup / look what these other free services always end up as, you should have seen the pattern matching on the wall." I believe you've left a few comments to that effect, yourself. Where do you see a difference?

Note that I didn't call their app some kind of ridiculous and insulting car metaphor or deliberately leave off features in order to smear them… if we're going to talk about witchhunts.

[tptacek]

You're allowed to call a cross-compiling language questionable, and I'm allowed to call you out for suggesting that the application of basic computer science is a sign of incompetence.