In case anyone is interested in reading other accounts and the HN discussions that accompany them, here are a few previous submissions of other articles:

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=213056 <- Some comments

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=419166 <- Some comments

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=573912

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=896092 <- Some comments

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1599635

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2332793 <- Some comments

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3115168 <- Some comments

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3259199