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I’m still routinely intimated by some people in tech. Everything I publish gets negative comments to some degree. People telling me I’m dumbing stuff down too much, or I’m wrong about stuff and shouldn’t be writing about it. Putting yourself out there eventually guarantees this will happen to you.

Anuj Ahooja@quillmatiq.com

Since we're among close friends, a confession: when I was in college, I experienced some hateful engineers in the Linux community, and it kept me away from open source in my prime programming years. Sometimes the difference between an annoyance and a valued contributor is kindness and mentorship.

Try to love the haters. They sharpen us if we use them as a possible external viewpoint. If they're saying something meaningful, accept it no matter how it was said. If they're not, move on. Over time it will sting less and less. I, for one, have immense respect for your talent and enthusiasm.

There’s definitely some useful criticism layered under the meanness from time to time. Some people, though, are very simply cunts. Thanks for the kind words, appreciate you 🫶

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