Multiple past discussions, something of an HN perennial fave:

11 years ago (367 comments) <https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10820445>

10 years ago (90 comments) <https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11659026>

9 years ago (83 comments) <https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14088092>

8 years ago (30 comments) <https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17943754>

7 years ago (22 comments) <https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22283344>

5 years ago (89 comments) <https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27355556>

4 years ago (43 comments) <https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34466910>

It appears the author seems to be neglecting his optimized website in favour of a Substack[1]. Never revisit(?) your heroes I suppose.

[1] https://mceglowski.substack.com/