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Wow.. is it really necessary to slag off someone else's project like this? Is it even fair to name your project after the original if it's completely re-written?

I don't know Ted—and he may make some valid points—but after reading the README the lasting impression I have is that he's a complete asshole.

Keep it classy folks.

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This the guy that wrote "Node.js is cancer", he basically admits to being a troll in reddit comments[1] as well. I don't care if Node.js is good or not (well maybe I will if I end up using it some day) but calling it cancer is unproductive linkbait that degrades discourse in the programming community. This isn't much better.

1: http://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/l0ml6/nodejs_ha...

You sir take it too seriously... just "lol" your way out, if you after reading the README think the author meant "Node.js is "cancer"" for reals, then you lost.

The guy wrote this: http://teddziuba.com/2011/10/node-js-is-cancer.html

Ted is a dick, but he's generally able to back it up by walking the walk.

For some good times, check out his original trolls from Uncov: http://web.archive.org/web/20081017084932/http://uncov.com/

Since when is there an ability, let alone a need, to "back up" gratuitous rudeness? Is there a certification that qualifies one for that?

Maybe if the guy invents the transistor we'll listen to him long enough to get the formula, and if he amasses Ty Cobb's batting average we'll probably elect him to the Hall of Fame (but, perhaps, neglect to remember where we put our tickets to that year's ceremony), but even these things don't excuse being a jerk. They just coexist with the jerkishness, uncomfortably.

You make a good point. What I meant was that, yes, Ted's a dick. He says enough interesting things in the midst of his dickishness for me to justify continuing to read what he writes.

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