The Hating Game
This sort of negativity is not just unhealthy, it can make it really difficult for beginners to figure out where to start and realize that it actually is okay to start pretty much anywhere. When I was learning how to code, every single day I would come across some new package or framework that was described as being revolutionary and awesome by the people who supported it while other similar stuff that I had been previously interested in was just basically shit on unequivocally. I don't personally know of any other field that does this sort of thing and it made it extremely difficult and negative before I realized how many people in tech are just full of hot air.<p>Hacker news is not immune from this behavior either. Nearly every day I read an article and I think "wow, that might be really cool if I ever have time for it" but then I read the comments section and 90% of the comments go out of the way to disagree with EVERYTHING that the author said. It can be really off-putting to be honest.