[sandal]

To qualify my friendship with Ryan and Eric, it consists of meeting them at conferences once in a while and having some positive conversations with them. That said, I am absolutely biased here, I like them despite their flaws in the way they manage projects and their tendency to easily get embroiled in unnecessary personal conflicts.

I left a more detailed comment on your blog, but I don't think we need to have a meta-personal conflict, so I'll leave this rest here.