In case someone missed the story, Paul Graham is indirectly talking about the feedback received by Mighty App.
And in this particular case, I don't think this is a valid defense.
First, he clearly has too much skin in the game to be credibly neutral about it.
Second, he avoids addressing the main critique about this "new tech".
People are not claiming that it is a bad idea because it is infeasible or not valuable, but because it is dangerous and also because it sounds technically ridiculous. (thin client inside thin client)
And in this particular case, I don't think this is a valid defense.
First, he clearly has too much skin in the game to be credibly neutral about it.
Second, he avoids addressing the main critique about this "new tech".
People are not claiming that it is a bad idea because it is infeasible or not valuable, but because it is dangerous and also because it sounds technically ridiculous. (thin client inside thin client)
https://www.mightyapp.com/ https://twitter.com/Jonathan_Blow/status/1387101172230672389 https://twitter.com/cmuratori/status/1387645578067124224