I'm not the commenter that you responded to (ftxbro) but any listicle screams clickbait to me. I suspect he feels the same way.
Sure, but much of Substack/Twitter/LinkedIn is clickbait. I thought this one at least contained a couple of useful items, along with some questionable ones. Which in my book would make it slightly above-average; although marginally on-topic on HN. Maybe the time has come to split HN's page or use tags: tech, language-specific, business, life, economy, knowledge etc. At least to keep the softer posts from pushing out harder ones.
Since you've read the post and are not downright dismissive, would love to hear your perspective on what you've found questionable and why!
Does this mean that listicle is "banned" forever or how does that work? Genuinely curious.