You write well & HN is better when there are more well-written people on the opposite side of the consensus

Genuinely, thank you. This is very encouraging and makes me feel much better about commenting more going forwards.

The quality of discussion and prose on HN is just generally so high that it can feel quite a bit intimidating to jump in (in contrast to Reddit where I have no worries about commenting haha).

This 100%. It’s great to hear diverse perspectives!