> The student approached the programming master  
> "How do I write better software?"  
> The master responded ["I've written the most creative pieces of code, mostly backends in functional programming while on ketosis"](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35069053)  
> With this, the student was enlightened

Can't be too negative, Reddit was a YC product after all

&gt; The student approached the programming master  
&gt; "How do I write better software?"  
&gt; The master responded ["I've written the most creative pieces of code, mostly backends in functional programming while on ketosis"](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35069053)  
&gt; With this, the student was enlightened

When I read things on hackernews, I tend to exit the thread enlightened, but when I read things on Reddit, I’m more likely to leave enraged.