It's easy to be an asshole maintainer.
Being able to put ego aside, handle constructive criticism and acknowledge your mistakes isn't so easy.
When I got my first webdev negative criticism about a poor design, it wrecked me. It inspired me to be better, and now I'm much more proud of my work.
It also taught me to be kinder and more receptive to criticism, and now I live for your feedback.
Pixelfed is powered by people, people like you, I just write the code
