It's maybe a bit silly having a conversation about tone on Hacker News, but generally people tend to respond better when you don't state opinions, especially critical ones, as though they're fact. See "The article is flawed because you..." and "It would have been much better had you..." I statements FTW.

I don't think the original version was particularly flawed, and your description of why you think it was doesn't make a lot of sense to me. But I added a note anyway to make it clear that I do in fact know about the alternative approaches, and that I made the choices I made deliberately and not out of ignorance.

Regardless, I appreciate you taking the time to read it, and to give your feedback. Cheers.