[magicalist]

> However, I am one of those people who think that Babel6 is terrible, that it "broke the web", and it marked the beginning of the entire JavaScript fatigue era. Babel6 transition took three days of my life, filled it with misery and rage, lost me a customer, and led to my desire to never touch JavaScript again if I can help it. (I moved to ScalaJS eventually).

Bad news: you are not a special snowflake deserving of attention, the web is still here and doing just fine, and it was your incompetence that lost a customer (Babel 5 is still around for use even today).

Many mistakes can be made by open source teams, and something should not be immune to criticism just because it is open source. But this is a great example of noise that harms engagement in a community because you want to feel good on the off chance that lashing out will make someone somewhere feel bad.

Maybe try to learn from a piece instead of trying to be cute next time?

[atemerev]

I do sincerely apologize if something I had said sounded offensive to you or anybody else.

However, I can't help but ask the question: am I the one who resorts to personal attacks here?

[magicalist]

Yeah, that's bullshit.

> But Babel6 is still terrible, and no input from your side can change my opinion. Or perhaps it could, if you provided some technical justification for what you did. But this article is the request to stop ranting about your work, as it hurts you.

> For that, I am sorry.

So you get what he's asking (stop the sniping without substance), you're (supposedly) contrite about it, and yet in the same breath you continue to do what you acknowledge is exactly that behavior.

Either there's some fundamental disconnect in your mind that you need to address or you should just say what you mean.

[atemerev]

I do not attack or blame the author, I say that the work (Babel6) is no good. This doesn't imply anything about the author.

You, on the other hand, attack _me_ personally. You don't even say "your words sound rude" — that I would understand.

Or there is no difference to you?

[rfrey]

Your comment reads (to me) as more attacks sandwiched between slices of insincere apologies. You likely did not mean it to read that way, but it does.

[atemerev]

I just tried to note that I am not surprised by the amount of rage that Babel6 transition had caused, as well as that it has nothing to do with its author's person at all.

Inalienable right of the author: at any moment in time, they can say "this is my vision and my art — take it as is or leave it".

Inalienable right of the user/reader/consumer: judging author's work in whatever way or form they want, misunderstanding it, and generally abusing it in the ways never intended by author.

Corollary 1: a user has no right to demand anything from the author. If anything crosses their mind, they might ask the author. Politely. Very. And author has the right to refuse anytime, without explanation.

Corollary 2: an author has no right to demand that user has to be happy about their work, or use it the one correct way, or that ranting should stop. The author can only make suggestions and give advice. Politely.