I think this style of writing tries to emulate what passed as "cool" in the early 2010s or so.

Matthew Inman of "The Oatmeal" is to me a leading representative of it.

It's an extremely intentional and all but plagiaristic take on a Zed Shaw piece from the late oughts. Tastelessly slavish imitation, at absolute minimum. At least the original is linked in tiny print at the bottom, below the advertisement.

Ah, of course, how could I forget the pioneer of this style in tech and his work?

I didn't notice that link as I found the Telebugs ad off-putting and closed the tab.

I believe he mellowed out since.

A great deal, I hear, but he was young then too, and deeply frustrated with a poisonous Boston in-crowd. The methylphenidate style has not come back into vogue in the meanwhile, no more than Rails ever has or will.

Boo fucking hoo. You wouldn't survive long in Australia or New Zealand where swearing is common in the work place.