[dualogy]

Eh this guy is patio11, he's a practically celebrity around these parts!

> I don't think that having the problem yourself is necessarily good.

First off when he started this, he was very close to the "problem". Then, for years he listened intently to almost every single minor or major feedback putting himself in their shoes, which again is very "close to the problem".

[dkersten]

Eh this guy is patio11, he's a practically celebrity around these parts!

I'm pretty sure davidw knows that and said it tongue-in-cheek. davidw has been on HN a long time and is, himself, high up on the highest karma list of people.

[davidw]

I actually met patio11 in person at MicroConf Europe, last year. He's a nice guy, and some of his BCC stories are very entertaining.

[larrys]

"I'm pretty sure davidw knows that"

35k karma (davidw) means more than "pretty sure" I'd say that's certainty.