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It's kind of a personal marketing thing these days to have this maverick/hero aura of genius instead of the "unproductive" but real and hard grinding work to get something done and delivered. It worked for a few so thousands try the same and we are here now, I guess?

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Given:

- the context that the author already has a very successful career as a well-known developer

- the humility he evidences in most posts on his blog

- the fact that he explicitly highlights the work of others in this post alongside his own

I really don't think Dan is doing this as any form of personal marketing. He has no need of personal marketing, his blog already has several million views per month and frequently shows up on HN as it is, and it isn't really his style.

I did not say he did that, I said that I believe it's common these days given the points I mentioned. You just need to hang around and see a bunch of posts on HN to notice that. QED, he's probably one of the "few" I talked about.

In fairness, based on the limited time I've spent in his company, Dan Luu is pretty bright.

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