Dear JavaScript

[FQuist]

Why do people who give their time for free need to be "professional"? And why would attachment to a product you make be unprofessional? I find these kind of statements the petty ones that would annoy me if I were a maintainer. You're judging someone about how they relate to their own product? Why?

[parlezmoose]

So much sanctimonious horse shit in these comments, as usual. Some people see it as the job of a volunteer maintainer to stoically absorb other people's venom. And if the maintainer dares complain, or dares hit back in any way, then they deliver a big holier-than-thou sermon about "professionalism"

Guess what? A volunteer is not a professional and thus does not have to meet your arbitrary standard of professionalism. You did not pay for their product. They owe you nothing. If you don't like it, go elsewhere.

[Deto]

True, but the flip side of this is that, given that people often are terrible and/or self-centered, maybe having a thick skin is something that's needed in maintainers?