[dogleash]

>before all the musings about painting by people who have never picked up a brush

I can't tell if this is a clever dig that comically undercuts the premise of the previous line, or it's an unaware unironic attempt to separate off a perceived un-serious type of poster.

[captn3m0]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hackers_%26_Painters

[jldugger]

See also a famous rebuttal https://idlewords.com/2005/04/dabblers_and_blowhards.htm

[officialchicken]

First things first - have you ever considered making a tech/art blog focused on early company dynamics where you can pontificate and share these kinds of insightful musings?