[willow9886]

Why? If an author or maintainer of a FOSS project wants to highlight their own work, so the community might too benefit, what's the issue?

[hutzlibu]

Well, calling yourself a unsung hero ... is maybe a bit, well, low. Usually others judge, who is a hero.

[jstarfish]

This isn't a Show HN post with an open bandwagon. It's about nominating underrecognized achievers, the recognizance of which is only objectively done by someone other than the subject in question.