I can't tell you your perception is wrong, but I generally don't unload ornate rhetoric like "insidious saboteur" or verbs that relate to strong imagery like "rip out", "bury" when writing about code unless I intend for my tone to be aggressive.
My code works fine and the article isn't doing itself any favors by mocking me (heh) for thinking so.
My code works fine and the article isn't doing itself any favors by mocking me (heh) for thinking so.