But it's not just for their own purposes. They shared it with the public which means they will get feedback, good and bad. No one forced them to post to HN.
replyAgreed, and the vast majority of personal projects that are released as open source don't get attention, traction, or contributions.
replyIn this case, someone shipped something that works for their use case, which is a great deal more than talking.
Sure but it will still be scrutinized and compared. I don't see the issue.
replyMaybe some people just ship and post and don't look back in terms of scrutiny / comparing.
replyThere's lots of approaches out there that say if you don't ship something embarrassing, it's too late.
I think this is the main point I was trying to make and our exchange helped me bring it forward, thanks.