I think the frustrating thing about HN is the (relatively) high number of comments that are both dismissive and substantive. It's much easier (for my brain at least) to ignore comments where the entirety is "this sucks" or "lame" (or even "If I made something this crappy I would throw myself off a building" which isn't uncommon in some forums).
In comparison, gp comment is both dismissive and substantive in that it brings up SQLite VFS layers that can accomplish a similar goal. Author of TFA even updated the README to mention these, addressing gp's complaint.
The whole "this is crap because of X" where X is something that subjectively could be considered legitimate criticism is relatively common on HN, so comments that I don't automatically skip over are rather more dismissive than on other forums.
In comparison, gp comment is both dismissive and substantive in that it brings up SQLite VFS layers that can accomplish a similar goal. Author of TFA even updated the README to mention these, addressing gp's complaint.
The whole "this is crap because of X" where X is something that subjectively could be considered legitimate criticism is relatively common on HN, so comments that I don't automatically skip over are rather more dismissive than on other forums.