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Why is it written in third person?

It's not written by David Walsh, but by Todd Gardner. This isn't immediately noticeable so I felt quite confused as well.

This is a better answer than mine. I had missed that detail too. David Walsh Blog is still a publication name separate from David Walsh though.

Ok, cool, I stopped reading because i felt confused

It is also an ad for Request Metrics it seems. First thought my blockers let the ad through, then noticed the beaver in the other screenshot (reading from mobile now, so cannot view source). I've become so used to never see an ad that the animated ad image was a real surprise to see.

It's not immediately noticeable that it really is an ad for Request Metrics, but looking at their Twitter page makes it painfully obvious that it's a sponsored post:

https://twitter.com/requestmetrics/status/132144452901530010...

Edit: actually, seems the author of this post also works for/owns trackjs.com, who owns requestmetrics.

Sad to see David Walsh' blog this way, of hidden sponsored posts. Really wish people could stick to ad-free principles better these days.

How exactly did this get on the front page? The webpage itself is a mess and the article contains nothing of any substance whatsoever.

Especially given the domain is davidwalsh.name, and the article isn't on a subdomain or subdirectory or anything, this is all the more confusing.

By Todd Gardner on October 28, 2020

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