It’s funny, this post of Niri is quite a hit at these communities, Lobsters and Hacker News.
I’d just partially cite someone’s comment:
Well, keep in mind that based on the author’s “street cred”, they are only 20. I think many of us would agree that when we were 20 our tolerance for all sorts of tinkering and BS in software was almost infinite compared to what it became after several years in the workforce or having a family.