[gaius]

Also while I enjoy his writing, I feel it's in bad taste to submit your own stuff. It seems pushy.

[jacquesm]

You mean like this: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3651482 ?

[gaius]

Yeah a thousand days ago, nice one.

[nitrogen]

If you are not an established name like cstross or jacquesm, who else is going to submit your stuff?