I've seen a lot of comments about the tone of the article or how this isn't the best approach to take with someone who literally exhibits this behavior. And if you take the post literally and from the point of view of the person being asked advice, you're pretty much right (unless of course we're talking about this strategy as a literal response to Stack Overflow posts).
In truth, this is not my literal approach when people come to me exhibiting this behavior. I'm actually quite a lot nicer in person (believe it or not). Really, this article was written with the hope in mind that it would be read and shared with people who aren't particularly good at exploring the WHY of "does not work". In fact, almost all of my articles are geared toward entry level developers.
Anyway, I'm glad most of you seemed to enjoy it, and pretty much all of you agreed that the overall sentiment of the post is good advice, even if you didn't like the tone (which is perfectly fair).
I've seen a lot of comments about the tone of the article or how this isn't the best approach to take with someone who literally exhibits this behavior. And if you take the post literally and from the point of view of the person being asked advice, you're pretty much right (unless of course we're talking about this strategy as a literal response to Stack Overflow posts).
In truth, this is not my literal approach when people come to me exhibiting this behavior. I'm actually quite a lot nicer in person (believe it or not). Really, this article was written with the hope in mind that it would be read and shared with people who aren't particularly good at exploring the WHY of "does not work". In fact, almost all of my articles are geared toward entry level developers.
Anyway, I'm glad most of you seemed to enjoy it, and pretty much all of you agreed that the overall sentiment of the post is good advice, even if you didn't like the tone (which is perfectly fair).