>people are confused as to why this frankly somewhat amateurish project is currently at the top of HN.
Probably the GP's irritation comes from the same place as mine: needlessly abrasive remarks instead of encouragement and constructive criticism that a community like this should provide.
And why do people care so much that this is at the top of HN, as opposed to the bottom?
>I think you'd expect something that's cleverly using Angular to pull in data dynamically from disparate sources and plotting pretty charts from it,
That part is relatively easy to add, given the nice template this provides. Really, for me, creating this kind of layout is the time-consuming part. Pulling in data from some REST api is a relatively quick task.
> And why do people care so much that this is at the top of HN, as opposed to the bottom?
Well, there are only so many hours in the day, and it's nice to see exciting and innovative projects (and articles) gravitate towards the top - that is, surely, how HN is supposed to work.
Well it is at the top. It's obvious that this is representative of the interests of HN, otherwise it wouldn't be there. Sorry it doesn't meet your standards.
You mention it being amateurish. A constructive response would be to take it, pull in some REST data and show everyone whats possible. Or you could just complain.
Probably the GP's irritation comes from the same place as mine: needlessly abrasive remarks instead of encouragement and constructive criticism that a community like this should provide.
And why do people care so much that this is at the top of HN, as opposed to the bottom?
>I think you'd expect something that's cleverly using Angular to pull in data dynamically from disparate sources and plotting pretty charts from it,
That part is relatively easy to add, given the nice template this provides. Really, for me, creating this kind of layout is the time-consuming part. Pulling in data from some REST api is a relatively quick task.