Ok, I risk here massive downvotes, but I really like to know why HN worships Jacques Mattheij. It's third writing in last three days on frontpage. I must admit he is very good writer I really enjoy to read his posts, but still. If every single blogpost he writes must find his place on the frontpage of HN, shouldnt we just add his feed on our RSS readers and be done.
Well, first, he's a got ton of really interesting and crazy experiences, and translates into it practical knowledge... second, he goes on writing tears every now and then and cranks out a lot of quality content, then gets quieter for a while.
I actually dislike him on a personal level and think he's a jerk, and disagree with many of his philosophical stances, but despite that it's hard not to respect the guy and his writings and desire to give back / share his knowledge.
It's quite common for someone to be "on a roll" and have most of their blog posts do well on HN for a period of time. These things come and go a lot here. Authors eventually don't keep up the volume and/or quality or people tire of the topic.. but I can't think of anyone whose posts have done strongly on HN every time over the span of years except pg.
