It's also aphyr, who is incredibly popular. Take one very popular author, have him write a series of posts on the zeitgeist everyone can't help but talk about, and yes, the outcome is that his posts are extremely popular.

I still remember his takedown of mongodb's claims with the call me maybe post years and years ago filling me with a good bit of awe.

When I worked for Basho, aphyr was highly respected by some of the smartest people I’d ever worked with. Definitely no slouch.