I find this type of peer pressure to be counterproductive in many instances. It reminds me too much of the insistent bug fix "requests" open source maintainers have to deal with.
Take the less-than-production-grade code you find in many hobby projects, add in the tendency of HN to tear to shreds (however well-meaning) any code which gets presented, and open sourcing hobby projects can be a recipe for disaster.
Edit: I'm not saying open source is bad (obviously) or that it's always toxic. But it definitely can be.
I don't think I was particularly rude or pushy, I just stated my opinion and asked them to expand on theirs.
>add in the tendency of HN to tear to shreds (however well-meaning) any code which gets presented
I don't think HN is this bad unless the code in question is actively doing harm (e.g. bad crpyto). I'll always be more critical of good closed source software than bad open source software.
For the record, I’m leaning towards yes. And I don’t much fear response, the code is actually quite decent in my own opinion. I just want to experiment a bit more, see if there’s anything else I want to accomplish, before throwing it out there.
Take the less-than-production-grade code you find in many hobby projects, add in the tendency of HN to tear to shreds (however well-meaning) any code which gets presented, and open sourcing hobby projects can be a recipe for disaster.
Edit: I'm not saying open source is bad (obviously) or that it's always toxic. But it definitely can be.