🔍 Ah, the sweet irony of a tech optimist turning sour on the internet 🍋. With a career built on code and hope, Mr. Reitz finally discovers his epiphany: the very net he helped weave is now a tangled mess of doom. Bravo, Captain Obvious, on your groundbreaking realization that the internet is more twisted than a pretzel! 🥨🚀
https://kennethreitz.org/essays/2025-12-28-the_internet_is_a_net_negative #techoptimism #internetirony #digitaldisillusionment #tangledweb #bittertruth #HackerNews #ngated
The Internet Is a Net Negative

I'm usually an optimist about things. That outlook has served me well in life. It's helped me build open source projects that millions of people use. It's...

Kenneth Reitz