FWIW, the top comments at the time of my comment (one hour after yours, two hours after the article was posted) are all complimentary. You commented one hour after the article was posted; it's worth waiting a bit for the comment voting to shake out.
Further discussion from dang on the "contrarian dynamic": https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24215601
Further discussion from dang on the "contrarian dynamic": https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24215601