[aaron695]

'Plagiarize'? 'Stealing'?

No, not even close. No code was reused, any parts similar were reworked as far as I can see.

A real shame they didn't dial it back and make it a fun article. Inspiration is something we all use.

If I inspired someone so much they went off and made something similar that would make me proud.

This wasn't a stolen 'code and all' website, at best 'some' parts that are pointed out as similar were recoded and reworked, as far as I can see. That's hard work.