Exactly my thoughts.

My thoughts - It gives people powerful scriptability over things they couldn't control before. It has been refined down a few products/generations so its molded for more people to find it useful. It is free. Nobody is trying to sell anything or take anything away. So, maybe there is no need for any negativity.

React.js http://facebook.github.io/react/

> I don't get this. At all. The guy is in Macedonia, which might be his core problem. switching to the bay area, the situation is vastly different.

Switching to the bay area is NOT an easy thing to do for someone that is not from the USA. There are a lot of open positions across Europe as well, but, most of the countries have really tight immigration rules (visas, work permits, etc). To move from a third world country to an advanced country (USA, Germany, UK, whatever) you have to be exceptionally good. Not Average Joe.

Planet names (Jupiter, Mercury, Saturn , etc etc) or Chemical elements name (Sulfur, Sodium, etc etc)

On a previous job I used to great effect the list of bodies of the Solar system (planets, moons, asteroids, etc.)

That led to memorable names such as Mars, Venus, Pluto and Ganymede that didn't conflict much with other namespaces.