The Pat on the shoulder to feel something sounded as ridiculous as it was written and I quite couldn't get myself to read the entire article.
Never seen this in any place in the tech community in North America. I don't disagree that some bias may exist but the example borders on disillusional.
An indicator with an arrow pointing in the opposite direction of the indicated turn leaving the viewer to decipher the direction of the turn based on the location of the indicator.
Flawless design
The author goes full circle by introducing types in python.
Almost every java developer uses an IDE with autocomplete so they would most likely not use a var (where they wouldn't) ..type the interface they want to use, add the assignment operator and then just let the IDE suggest the implementation, add the import and even format the line/file.
Such trivialities don't help when attempting to distinguishing the flexibility python bring for arbitrary/quick code